CVE-2024-23170

NameCVE-2024-23170
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 2.x before 2.28.7 and 3.x before 3.5.2. There was a timing side channel in RSA private operations. This side channel could be sufficient for a local attacker to recover the plaintext. It requires the attacker to send a large number of messages for decryption, as described in "Everlasting ROBOT: the Marvin Attack" by Hubert Kario.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mbedtls (PTS)bullseye2.16.9-0.1vulnerable
bookworm2.28.3-1vulnerable
sid, trixie2.28.8-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mbedtlssource(unstable)2.28.7-1

Notes

[bookworm] - mbedtls <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - mbedtls <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - mbedtls <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2024-01-1/

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