CVE-2020-36425
Publication date 19 July 2021
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
An issue was discovered in Arm Mbed TLS before 2.24.0. It incorrectly uses a revocationDate check when deciding whether to honor certificate revocation via a CRL. In some situations, an attacker can exploit this by changing the local clock.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| mbedtls | 25.10 questing |
Not affected
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/pull/3433
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.8
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.24.0
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/issues/3340
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.7.17
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/pull/3433
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/740108
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36425