Denial of service in ARM Mbed TLS



Published: 2024-04-02
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-28960
CWE-ID CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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mbed TLS
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor ARM

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87972

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

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

External links

http://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.



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