An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.9 and 3.x before 3.6.1, in which the user-selected algorithm is not used. Unlike previously documented, enabling MBEDTLS_PSA_HMAC_DRBG_MD_TYPE does not cause the PSA subsystem to use HMAC_DRBG: it uses HMAC_DRBG only when MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTERNAL_RNG and MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_C are disabled.

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 before 2.28.9 and 3.x before 3.6.1, in which the user-selected     algorithm is not used. Unlike previously documented, enabling MBEDTLS_PSA_HMAC_DRBG_MD_TYPE does not cause     the PSA subsystem to use HMAC_DRBG: it uses HMAC_DRBG only when MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTERNAL_RNG and     MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_C are disabled. (CVE-2024-45157)

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

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2024:0970 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-28960:
    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-2024-45157:
    An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.9 and 3.x before 3.6.1, in which the user-selected     algorithm is not used. Unlike previously documented, enabling MBEDTLS_PSA_HMAC_DRBG_MD_TYPE does not cause     the PSA subsystem to use HMAC_DRBG: it uses HMAC_DRBG only when MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTERNAL_RNG and     MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_C are disabled.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux 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 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-2024-45157 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.28.9 and 3.x before 3.6.1, in which the user-selected     algorithm is not used. Unlike previously documented, enabling MBEDTLS_PSA_HMAC_DRBG_MD_TYPE does not cause     the PSA subsystem to use HMAC_DRBG: it uses HMAC_DRBG only when MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTERNAL_RNG and     MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_C are disabled. (CVE-2024-45157)

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 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-d4bcb0da46 advisory.

    - Update to 2.28.9

    Release notes: https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases/tag/mbedtls-2.28.9


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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
244852	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-45157	Nessus	Misc.	medium
239829	TencentOS Server 4: mbedtls (TSSA-2024:0970)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
211929	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: hvloader (CVE-2024-45157)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
211444	Fedora 41 : mbedtls (2024-d4bcb0da46)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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