SB2020040424 - Cryptographic issues in mbedtls (Alpine package) 



SB2020040424 - Cryptographic issues in mbedtls (Alpine package)

Published: April 4, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020040424
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18222)

The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

the vulnerability exists due to the ECDSA signature implementation in ecdsa.c in Arm Mbed Crypto 2.1 and Mbed TLS through 2.19.1 does not reduce the blinded scalar before computing the inverse, which allows a local attacker to recover the private key via side-channel attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.