#VU14173 Information disclosure in mbed TLS - CVE-2018-0498
Published: August 2, 2018 / Updated: August 2, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14173
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0498
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
mbed TLS
mbed TLS
Software vendor:
ARM
ARM
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in ARM mbed TLS due to insufficient security restrictions imposed by the affected software when a cipher suite based on cipher block chaining (CBC) is used. A remote attacker who is able to observe and manipulate network packets can conduct a timing-based side-channel attack and partially recover the plaintext content.
Remediation
Update to version 2.12.0, 2.7.5 or 2.1.14.