SB2017031303 - Improper Certificate Validation in mbedtls (Alpine package)

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SB2017031303 - Improper Certificate Validation in mbedtls (Alpine package)

Published: March 13, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017031303
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2784)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An exploitable free of a stack pointer vulnerability exists in the x509 certificate parsing code of ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.19, 2.x before 2.1.7, and 2.4.x before 2.4.2. A specially crafted x509 certificate, when parsed by mbed TLS library, can cause an invalid free of a stack pointer leading to a potential remote code execution. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker can act as either a client or a server on a network to deliver malicious x509 certificates to vulnerable applications.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References