Code Injection in ARM mbed TLS

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU31776

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8036

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in a long session ticket name to the session ticket extension, which is not properly handled when creating a ClientHello message to resume a session. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2015-5291 per ADT3 due to different affected version ranges. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.1.2.

Vulnerable software versions

mbed TLS: 2.0.0 - 2.1.1

External links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169625.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00009.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3468
http://guidovranken.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/cve-2015-5291.pdf
http://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/cve-2015-5291/
http://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2015-01

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.