DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36475

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36475
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36475.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36475
Upstream
Published
2021-08-23T02:15:06Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:26:24Z
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.25.0 (and before 2.16.9 LTS and before 2.7.18 LTS). The calculations performed by mbedtlsmpiexp_mod are not limited; thus, supplying overly large parameters could lead to denial of service when generating Diffie-Hellman key pairs.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mbedtls

Package

Name
mbedtls
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mbedtls?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.16.9-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / mbedtls

Package

Name
mbedtls
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mbedtls?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.16.9-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / mbedtls

Package

Name
mbedtls
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mbedtls?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.16.9-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / mbedtls

Package

Name
mbedtls
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mbedtls?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.16.9-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}