CVE-2012-2130

Publication date 6 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A Security Bypass vulnerability exists in PolarSSL 0.99pre4 through 1.1.1 due to a weak encryption error when generating Diffie-Hellman values and RSA keys.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mbedtls	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
polarssl	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
polarssl	Upstream: https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/polarssl-security-advisory-2012-01

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.4 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.4 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N