CVE-2020-36475

Summary

CVECVE-2020-36475
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-23 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-11 17:00:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-131

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arm Mbed Tls All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Hardware Siemens Logo! Cmr2020 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Logo! Cmr2020 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Logo! Cmr2040 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Logo! Cmr2040 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Rtu3000c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Rtu3000c Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Rtu3030c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Rtu3030c Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Rtu3031c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Rtu3031c Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic Rtu3041c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic Rtu3041c Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-756638.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
Release Mbed TLS 2.7.18 · ARMmbed/mbedtls · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3249-1] mbedtls security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Release Mbed TLS 2.16.9 · ARMmbed/mbedtls · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2826-1] mbedtls security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Release Mbed TLS 2.25.0 · ARMmbed/mbedtls · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178909 Debian Security Update for mbedtls (DLA 2826-1)
  • 181446 Debian Security Update for mbedtls (DLA 3249-1)
  • 590717 Siemens LOGO! CMR and SIMATIC RTU 3000 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-21-257-20)
  • 591119 Siemens LOGO! CMR Family and SIMATIC RTU 3000 Family Multiple Vulnerabilities (ssa-756638)
  • 710702 Gentoo Linux Mbed Transport Layer Security (TLS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202301-08)
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