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Unscored USN-4267-1 5 CVEs

mbedtls vulnerabilities

Published Feb 5, 2020 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that mbedtls has a bounds-check bypass through an integer
overflow that can be used by an attacked to execute arbitrary code or cause a
denial of service.
(CVE-2017-18187)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability where an attacker could
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow)
via a crafted certificate chain that is mishandled during RSASSA-PSS
signature verification within a TLS or DTLS session.
(CVE-2018-0487)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability where an attacker could
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a
crafted application packet within a TLS or DTLS session.
(CVE-2018-0488)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability that allows remote
attackers to achieve partial plaintext recovery (for a CBC based ciphersuite)
via a timing-based side-channel attack.
(CVE-2018-0497)

It was discovered that mbedtls has a vulnerability that allows local users to
achieve partial plaintext recovery (for a CBC based ciphersuite) via a
cache-based side-channel attack.
(CVE-2018-0498)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS mbedtls 2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18187
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0487
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0488
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0497
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0498