Denial of service in ARM Mbed TLS

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87972

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28960

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of shared memory in PSA Crypto API. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

mbed TLS: 2.28.0 - 3.5.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:2.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:2.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:2.28.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:2.28.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:2.28.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:2.28.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:2.28.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:2.28.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls-docs/blob/main/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2024-03.md

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.