Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202003-7
========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2020-03-11
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-18222
Package : mbedtls
Type    : private key recovery
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1104

Summary
======
The package mbedtls before version 2.16.5-1 is vulnerable to private
key recovery.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.16.5-1.

# pacman -Syu "mbedtls>=2.16.5-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.16.5.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
The ECDSA signature implementation in ecdsa.c in Arm Mbed Crypto before
3.0.1 and Mbed TLS before 2.20.0, 2.16.4 or 2.7.13 does not reduce the
blinded scalar before computing the inverse, which allows a local
attacker to recover the private key via side-channel attacks.

Impact
=====
A local attacker can recover an ECDSA private key via side-channel
attacks.

References
=========
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-18222

ArchLinux: 202003-7: mbedtls: private key recovery

March 12, 2020

Summary

The ECDSA signature implementation in ecdsa.c in Arm Mbed Crypto before 3.0.1 and Mbed TLS before 2.20.0, 2.16.4 or 2.7.13 does not reduce the blinded scalar before computing the inverse, which allows a local attacker to recover the private key via side-channel attacks.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.16.5-1. # pacman -Syu "mbedtls>=2.16.5-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.16.5.

References

https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-18222

Severity
Package : mbedtls
Type : private key recovery
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1104

Workaround

None.

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