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FreeBSD: VID-C2F107E1-2493-11E8-B3E8-001CC0382B2F (CVE-2018-0488): mbed TLS (PolarSSL) -- remote code execution

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FreeBSD: VID-C2F107E1-2493-11E8-B3E8-001CC0382B2F (CVE-2018-0488): mbed TLS (PolarSSL) -- remote code execution

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/05/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/11/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0, when the truncated HMAC extension and CBC are used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a crafted application packet within a TLS or DTLS session.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mbedtls
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-polarssl13

References

  • DSA-4138
  • DSA-4147
  • CVE-2018-0488

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