CVE-2021-36647

Summary

CVECVE-2021-36647
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-17 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-27 17:56:00 UTC
DescriptionUse of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in the function mbedtls_mpi_exp_mod() in lignum.c in Mbed TLS Mbed TLS all versions before 3.0.0, 2.27.0 or 2.16.11 allows attackers with access to precise enough timing and memory access information (typically an untrusted operating system attacking a secure enclave such as SGX or the TrustZone secure world) to recover the private keys used in RSA.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-327

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arm Mbed Tls All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Local side channel attack on RSA - Tech Updates - Mbed TLS (Previously PolarSSL) MISC tls.mbed.org
kouzili.com/Load-Step.pdf MISC kouzili.com
Releases · 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

  • 183968 Debian Security Update for mbedtls (CVE-2021-36647)
  • 905280 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fluent-bit (13023)
  • 906522 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fluent-bit (13023-1)
  • 906626 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fluent-bit (13023-3)
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