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OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0790-1 Not scored

Security update for mbedtls

This update to mbedtls 1.3.19 fixes security issues and bugs. The following vulnerability was fixed: CVE-2017-2784: A remote user could have used a specially crafted certificate to cause mbedtls to free a buffer allocated on the stack when verifying the validity of public key with a secp224k1 curve, which could have allowed remote code execution on some platforms (boo#1029017) The following non-security changes are included: - Add checks to prevent signature forgeries for very large messages while using RSA through the PK module in 64-bit systems. - Fixed potential livelock during the parsing of a CRL in PEM format

Exploit probability Not scored
Published March 22, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Package Hub 12 mbedtls

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities openSUSE-SU-2017:0790-1

This update to mbedtls 1.3.19 fixes security issues and bugs. The following vulnerability was fixed: CVE-2017-2784: A remote user could have used a specially crafted certificate to cause mbedtls to free a buffer allocated on the stack when verifying the validity of public key with a secp224k1 curve, which could have allowed remote code execution on some platforms (boo#1029017) The following non-security changes are included: - Add checks to prevent signature forgeries for very large messages while using RSA through the PK module in 64-bit systems. - Fixed potential livelock during the parsing of a CRL in PEM format

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence