CVE-2020-36478 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). A NULL algorithm parameters entry looks identical to an array of REAL (size zero) and thus the certificate is considered valid. However if the parameters do not match in any way then the certificate should be considered invalid.

CVSS Vector

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

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/issues/3629 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

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5