CVE-2017-14032
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.21 and 2.x before 2.1.9, if optional authentication is configured, allows remote attackers to bypass peer authentication via an X.509 certificate chain with many intermediates. NOTE: although mbed TLS was formerly known as PolarSSL, the releases shipped with the PolarSSL name are not affected.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.1
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affected products (31)
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also known as (3)
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references (14)
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- https://bugs.debian.org/873557cnnvd
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/31458a18788b0cf0b722acda9bb2f2fe13a3fb32cnnvd
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/d15795acd5074e0b44e71f7ede8bdfe1b48591fccnnvd
- https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2017-02cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3967enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/873557enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/31458a18788b0cf0b722acda9bb2f2fe13a3fb32enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/d15795acd5074e0b44e71f7ede8bdfe1b48591fcenisa_euvd
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