Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-19608 - Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ARM Mbed TLS
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
Arm Mbed TLS before 2.14.1, before 2.7.8, and before 2.1.17 allows a local unprivileged attacker to recover the plaintext of RSA decryption, which is used in RSA-without-(EC)DH(E) cipher suites.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Restful Privilege Elevation Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-571EA64F3D.NASL description - Update to 2.14.1 - CVE-2018-19608 (#1656784) Release notes: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.1-2.7.8-and-2. 1.17-released Security Advisory: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security -advisory-2018-03 ---- - Update to 2.14.0 Release notes: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.0-2.7.7-and-2. 1.16-released Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2019-01-03 plugin id 120439 published 2019-01-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120439 title Fedora 29 : mbedtls (2018-571ea64f3d) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2018-571ea64f3d. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(120439); script_version("1.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-19608"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-571ea64f3d"); script_name(english:"Fedora 29 : mbedtls (2018-571ea64f3d)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: " - Update to 2.14.1 - CVE-2018-19608 (#1656784) Release notes: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.1-2.7.8-and-2. 1.17-released Security Advisory: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security -advisory-2018-03 ---- - Update to 2.14.0 Release notes: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.0-2.7.7-and-2. 1.16-released Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. 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NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_293F40A0FFA111E8B2580011D823EEBD.NASL description Janos Follath reports : An attacker who can run code on the same machine that is performing an RSA decryption can potentially recover the plaintext through a Bleichenbacher-like oracle. last seen 2020-03-28 modified 2018-12-17 plugin id 119698 published 2018-12-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119698 title FreeBSD : Mbed TLS -- Local timing attack on RSA decryption (293f40a0-ffa1-11e8-b258-0011d823eebd) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(119698); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/27"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-19608"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : Mbed TLS -- Local timing attack on RSA decryption (293f40a0-ffa1-11e8-b258-0011d823eebd)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Janos Follath reports : An attacker who can run code on the same machine that is performing an RSA decryption can potentially recover the plaintext through a Bleichenbacher-like oracle." ); # https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2018-03 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0ba0bf0b" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/293f40a0-ffa1-11e8-b258-0011d823eebd.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0dd9cb1e" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mbedtls"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/12/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mbedtls<2.14.1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_note(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-1F6CA69276.NASL description - Update to 2.14.1 - CVE-2018-19608 (#1656784) Release notes: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.1-2.7.8-and-2. 1.17-released Security Advisory: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security -advisory-2018-03 ---- - Update to 2.14.0 Release notes: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.0-2.7.7-and-2. 1.16-released Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2019-01-03 plugin id 120281 published 2019-01-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120281 title Fedora 28 : mbedtls (2018-1f6ca69276) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2018-1f6ca69276. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(120281); script_version("1.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-19608"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-1f6ca69276"); script_name(english:"Fedora 28 : mbedtls (2018-1f6ca69276)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: " - Update to 2.14.1 - CVE-2018-19608 (#1656784) Release notes: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.1-2.7.8-and-2. 1.17-released Security Advisory: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security -advisory-2018-03 ---- - Update to 2.14.0 Release notes: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.0-2.7.7-and-2. 1.16-released Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-1f6ca69276" ); # https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.14.0-2.7.7-and-2.1.16-released script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5179621d" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mbedtls package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mbedtls"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/12/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^28([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 28", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC28", reference:"mbedtls-2.14.1-1.fc28")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_NOTE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mbedtls"); }