CVE-2017-14032
Description
ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.21 and 2.x before 2.1.9, if optional authentication is configured, allows remote attackers to bypass peer authentication via an X.509 certificate chain with many intermediates. NOTE: although mbed TLS was formerly known as PolarSSL, the releases shipped with the PolarSSL name are not affected.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.6.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.6.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.6.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.6.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.6.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.10 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.11 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.12 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.13 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.14 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.15 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.16 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.17 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.18 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.19 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.20 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 1.3.21 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.0.0 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.0 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.1 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.2 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.3 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.4 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.5 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.6 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.7 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.8 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.1.9 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.2.0 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.2.1 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.3.0 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.4.0 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.4.2 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.5.1 | |
| arm | mbed_tls | 2.6.2 | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3967
- https://bugs.debian.org/873557
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/31458a18788b0cf0b722acda9bb2f2fe13a3fb32
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/d15795acd5074e0b44e71f7ede8bdfe1b48591fc
- https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2017-02
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14032
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.