An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.24.0. The verification of X.509 certificates when matching the expected common name (the cn argument of mbedtls_x509_crt_verify) with the actual certificate name is mishandled: when the subjecAltName extension is present, the expected name is compared to any name in that extension regardless of its type. This means that an attacker could impersonate a 4-byte or 16-byte domain by getting a certificate for the corresponding IPv4 or IPv6 address (this would require the attacker to control that IP address, though).
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.24.0 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/issues/3498 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-08 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2021-08-22 19:15
Updated : 2023-01-13 11:59
NVD link : CVE-2020-36477
Mitre link : CVE-2020-36477
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CWE
CWE-295
Improper Certificate Validation
Products Affected
arm
- mbed_tls