A mbedtls security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:1355-1: moderate: Security update for mbedtls

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for mbedtls
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1355-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1189589
Cross-References: CVE-2021-24119
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-24119 (NVD) : 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for mbedtls fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2021-24119: Fixed side-channel vulnerability in base64 PEM
[boo#1189589]

Guard against strong local side channel attack against base64 tables by
making access aceess to them use constant flow code.

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.

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 Backports SLE-15-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1355=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libmbedcrypto3-2.16.9-bp152.2.6.1
libmbedtls12-2.16.9-bp152.2.6.1
libmbedx509-0-2.16.9-bp152.2.6.1
mbedtls-devel-2.16.9-bp152.2.6.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64_ilp32):

libmbedcrypto3-64bit-2.16.9-bp152.2.6.1
libmbedtls12-64bit-2.16.9-bp152.2.6.1
libmbedx509-0-64bit-2.16.9-bp152.2.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-24119.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189589