SB2018061155 - Security restrictions bypass in mbedtls (Alpine package)



SB2018061155 - Security restrictions bypass in mbedtls (Alpine package)

Published: June 11, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018061155
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18187)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to integer overflow in PSK identity parsing in the ssl_parse_client_psk_identity() function in library/ssl_srv.c. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and bypass bounds-check.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.