CVE-2020-36476

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.24.0 (and before 2.16.8 LTS and before 2.7.17 LTS). There is missing zeroization of plaintext buffers in mbedtls_ssl_read to erase unused application data from memory.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.8	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.24.0	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.7.17	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00021.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-08-23 02:15

Updated : 2022-07-12 17:42

NVD link : CVE-2020-36476

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36476

JSON object : View

Products Affected

arm

mbed_tls

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-212

Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer

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