1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4267-1

USN-4267-1: ARM mbed TLS vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 February 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in mbedtls.

Releases

Packages

  • mbedtls - lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS library - crypto library

Details

It was discovered that mbedtls has a bounds-check bypass through an integer
overflow that can be used by an attacked to execute arbitrary code or cause a
denial of service.
(CVE-2017-18187)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability where an attacker could
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow)
via a crafted certificate chain that is mishandled during RSASSA-PSS
signature verification within a TLS or DTLS session.
(CVE-2018-0487)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability where an attacker could
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a
crafted application packet within a TLS or DTLS session.
(CVE-2018-0488)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability that allows remote
attackers to achieve partial plaintext...

It was discovered that mbedtls has a bounds-check bypass through an integer
overflow that can be used by an attacked to execute arbitrary code or cause a
denial of service.
(CVE-2017-18187)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability where an attacker could
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow)
via a crafted certificate chain that is mishandled during RSASSA-PSS
signature verification within a TLS or DTLS session.
(CVE-2018-0487)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability where an attacker could
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a
crafted application packet within a TLS or DTLS session.
(CVE-2018-0488)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability that allows remote
attackers to achieve partial plaintext recovery (for a CBC based ciphersuite)
via a timing-based side-channel attack.
(CVE-2018-0497)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability that allows local users to
achieve partial plaintext recovery (for a CBC based ciphersuite) via a
cache-based side-channel attack.
(CVE-2018-0498)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libmbedcrypto0 –  2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3
libmbedtls10 –  2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3
libmbedx509-0 –  2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3

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