CVE-2018-0497 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-0497: ARM mbed TLS before 2.12.0, before 2.7.5, and before 2.1.14 allows remote attackers to achieve partial plaintext recovery (for a CBC based ciphersuite) via a timing-based side-channel attack. This vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix (with a wrong SHA-384 calculation) for CVE-2013-0169.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 11 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-0497 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mbedtls→ fixed in2.12.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mbedtls
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mbedtls→ fixed in2.12.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mbedtls
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mbedtls→ fixed in2.12.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mbedtls
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

mbedtls→ fixed in2.12.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade mbedtls
```

mbedtls2→ fixed in2.12.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade mbedtls2

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

mbedtls→ fixed in2.12.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade mbedtls
```

mbedtls2→ fixed in2.12.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade mbedtls2

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

mbedtls→ fixed in2.12.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade mbedtls
```

mbedtls2→ fixed in2.12.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade mbedtls2

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

mbedtls→ fixed in2.12.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade mbedtls
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

mbedtls→ fixed in2.12.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade mbedtls
```

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