CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-36475

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.25.0 (and before 2.16.9 LTS and before 2.7.18 LTS). The calculations performed by mbedtls_mpi_exp_mod are not limited; thus, supplying overly large parameters could lead to denial of service when generating Diffie-Hellman key pairs.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.9 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.25.0 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.7.18 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-756638.pdf Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-08-23 02:15

Updated : 2023-01-11 05:00

NVD link : CVE-2020-36475

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36475

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size