| Name | CVE-2021-43666 |
| Description | A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in mbed TLS 3.0.0 and earlier in the mbedtls_pkcs12_derivation function when an input password's length is 0. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3249-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mbedtls (PTS) | buster | 2.16.0-1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2.16.9-0~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.16.9-0.1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.28.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.28.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mbedtls | source | buster | 2.16.9-0~deb10u1 | | DLA-3249-1 | |
| mbedtls | source | (unstable) | 2.28.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - mbedtls <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/issues/5136
Backport 2.16: https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/pull/5311