CVE-2020-36475 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.9 https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.25.0 https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.7.18 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-756638.pdf https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00021.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5