An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 2.18.0 through 2.28.x before 2.28.8 and 3.x before 3.6.0, and Mbed Crypto. The PSA Crypto API mishandles shared memory.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 2.18.0 through 2.28.x before 2.28.8 and 3.x before 3.6.0, and Mbed     Crypto. The PSA Crypto API mishandles shared memory. (CVE-2024-28960)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of hvloader installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-28960 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 2.18.0 through 2.28.x before 2.28.8 and 3.x before 3.6.0, and Mbed     Crypto. The PSA Crypto API mishandles shared memory. (CVE-2024-28960)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-a23b5f0783 advisory.

    - Update to 2.28.8

    Release notes: https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.28.8

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-1249d56928 advisory.

    - Update to 2.28.8

    Release notes: https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.28.8

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-666210bd74 advisory.

    - Update to 2.28.8

    Release notes: https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.28.8

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
228211	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-28960	Nessus	Misc.	high
211940	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: hvloader (CVE-2024-28960)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	high
194567	Fedora 40 : mbedtls (2024-a23b5f0783)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
193402	Fedora 38 : mbedtls (2024-1249d56928)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
193401	Fedora 39 : mbedtls (2024-666210bd74)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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