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openSUSE Leap 15.2: openSUSE-SU-2021:0384-1 Moderate: mbedtls Side Channel

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A recent openSUSE Security Patch resolves a significant vulnerability in mbedtls that affects the integrity of private keys.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for mbedtls fixes the following issues:

- mbedtls was updated to version 2.16.9

- CVE-2020-10932: Fixed side channel in ECC code that allowed an

adversary with access to precise enough timing and memory access

information (typically an untrusted operating system attacking a

secure enclave) to fully recover an ECDSA private key (boo#1181468).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate private key software update openSUSE mbedtls side channel opened

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-384=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libmbedcrypto3-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedcrypto3-debuginfo-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedtls12-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedtls12-debuginfo-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedx509-0-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedx509-0-debuginfo-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

mbedtls-debugsource-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

mbedtls-devel-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libmbedcrypto3-32bit-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedcrypto3-32bit-debuginfo-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedtls12-32bit-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedtls12-32bit-debuginfo-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedx509-0-32bit-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

libmbedx509-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.16.9-lp152.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10932.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181468

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0384-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate private key software update openSUSE mbedtls side channel opened

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