A flaw was found in Nettle in versions before 3.7.2, where several Nettle signature verification functions (GOST DSA, EDDSA & ECDSA) result in the Elliptic Curve Cryptography point (ECC) multiply function being called with out-of-range scalers, possibly resulting in incorrect results. This flaw allows an attacker to force an invalid signature, causing an assertion failure or possible validation. The highest threat to this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-develUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-c++ | May 4, 2022 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade nettle | Mar 26, 2024 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade nettle-develUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade nettle | Apr 23, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade nettle-devel | Apr 9, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade nettle | Jun 21, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Jun 8, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/nettle. | May 28, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade nettle-develUpgrade nettle | Aug 10, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade nettle | Sep 29, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Nutanix Ahv | — | Upgrade Nutanix AHV to the latest version | Jun 5, 2026 | Aug 24, 2022 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/security/nettle to version 3.7.2-11.4.36.0.1.101.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Aug 27, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-c++ | Apr 9, 2021 | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfo | Apr 9, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade nettle | Mar 12, 2024 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libnettle4-32bitUpgrade libnettle8Upgrade libnettle8-32bitUpgrade libhogweed6-32bitUpgrade libnettle-develUpgrade libnettle6-32bitUpgrade libnettle6Upgrade libhogweed6Upgrade libhogweed2-32bitUpgrade libhogweed4-32bitUpgrade libhogweed4Upgrade libhogweed2Upgrade libnettle-devel-32bitUpgrade libnettle4Upgrade nettle | Apr 29, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libnettle6Upgrade libnettle7Upgrade libnettle8 | Apr 14, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Apr 5, 2021 |
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