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 | 
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/issues/3498 | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.24.0 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory | 
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-08 | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/issues/3498 | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.24.0 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory | 
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-08 | Third Party Advisory | 
Configurations
                    History
                    21 Nov 2024, 05:29
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/issues/3498 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.24.0 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-08 - Third Party Advisory | 
Information
                Published : 2021-08-23 02:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 05:29
NVD link : CVE-2020-36477
Mitre link : CVE-2020-36477
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36477
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Products Affected
                arm
- mbed_tls
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-295
                        
            Improper Certificate Validation
