Information Exposure Affecting mbedtls package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-MBEDTLS-1533497
  • published 27 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 14 Jul 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 mbedtls.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mbedtls package and not the mbedtls package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Trusted Firmware Mbed TLS 2.24.0, a side-channel vulnerability in base64 PEM file decoding allows system-level (administrator) attackers to obtain information about secret RSA keys via a controlled-channel and side-channel attack on software running in isolated environments that can be single stepped, especially Intel SGX.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None