
CVE catalog
CVE-2024-23170
mbedtls: CVE-2024-23170
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.31% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 2.x before 2.28.7 and 3.x before 3.5.2. There was a timing side channel in RSA private operations. This side channel could be sufficient for a local attacker to recover the plaintext. It requires the attacker to send a large number of messages for decryption, as described in "Everlasting ROBOT: the Marvin Attack" by Hubert Kario.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mbedtls | sid | 3.6.7-3 | fixed |
| Debian | mbedtls | forky | 3.6.7-3 | fixed |
| Debian | mbedtls | trixie | 3.6.6-0.1~deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | mbedtls | bookworm | 2.28.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.16 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.17 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.18 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.19 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.20 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.21 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.22 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.23 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | mbedtls | 3.24 | 2.28.7-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | 16.04 | 2.1.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | 16.04 | 2.2.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | 16.04 | 2.2.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | 16.04 | 2.2.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | 16.04 | 2.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | 16.04 | 2.2.1-2ubuntu0.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | 16.04 | 2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | pro | 2.16.9-0.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | pro | 2.16.11-0.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | pro | 2.16.11-0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | pro | 2.28.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | pro | 2.28.0-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mbedtls | pro | 2.28.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
| Suse | mbedtls | package hub 15 sp5 | 2.28.7-bp155.2.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | mbedtls | leap 15.5 | 2.28.7-bp155.2.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | mbedtls-2 | tumbleweed | 2.28.7-1.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | mbedtls | tumbleweed | 3.5.2-1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mbedtls | source | sid | 2.28.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mbedtls | source | forky | 2.28.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mbedtls | source | trixie | 2.28.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mbedtls | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.16 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.17 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.18 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.19 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.20 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.21 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.22 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.23 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Alpine | mbedtls | apk | 3.24 | 2.28.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170 | Not reported |
| Suse | mbedtls | rpm | package hub 15 sp5 | 2.28.7-bp155.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0037-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | mbedtls | rpm | leap 15.5 | 2.28.7-bp155.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0037-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | mbedtls-2 | rpm | tumbleweed | 2.28.7-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13640-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | mbedtls | rpm | tumbleweed | 3.5.2-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13639-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] mbedtls: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_0037-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2024-23170]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23170]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23170]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:0037-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13639-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13640-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-23170]
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