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CVE-2017-18187 (GCVE-0-2017-18187)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-14 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:13
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Summary
In ARM mbed TLS before 2.7.0, there is a bounds-check bypass through an integer overflow in PSK identity parsing in the ssl_parse_client_psk_identity() function in library/ssl_srv.c.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/83c9f49… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4147 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4138 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-19 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/blob/master/Ch… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103055 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4267-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2018-02-14 00:00
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