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-c++Upgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade nettleUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls | May 4, 2022 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade nettle | Mar 26, 2024 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade nettleUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-devel | Apr 23, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfo | 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 nettleUpgrade nettle-devel | 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-c++Upgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-dane | Apr 9, 2021 | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutls-debugsource | Apr 9, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfo | Mar 12, 2024 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libhogweed6Upgrade libhogweed4Upgrade nettleUpgrade libhogweed2-32bitUpgrade libhogweed2Upgrade libnettle6Upgrade libnettle4Upgrade libhogweed4-32bitUpgrade libnettle-devel-32bitUpgrade libnettle8-32bitUpgrade libnettle6-32bitUpgrade libnettle-develUpgrade libnettle4-32bitUpgrade libnettle8Upgrade libhogweed6-32bit | Apr 29, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libnettle8Upgrade libnettle6Upgrade libnettle7 | 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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