Mbed TLS: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202301-08

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mbed TLS, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

net-libs/mbedtls on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.28.1
Unaffected versions >= 2.28.1

Background

Mbed TLS (previously PolarSSL) is an “easy to understand, use, integrate and expand” implementation of the TLS and SSL protocols and the respective cryptographic algorithms and support code required.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mbed TLS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mbed TLS users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/mbedtls-2.28.1"
 

References

Release date
January 11, 2023

Latest revision
January 11, 2023: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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