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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls | May 4, 2022 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade nettle | Mar 26, 2024 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade nettleUpgrade nettle-devel | Apr 23, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-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 nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls | Apr 9, 2021 | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfo | Apr 9, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfo | Mar 12, 2024 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libhogweed2Upgrade libhogweed4-32bitUpgrade libhogweed6Upgrade libnettle-devel-32bitUpgrade nettleUpgrade libnettle6Upgrade libnettle4Upgrade libhogweed4Upgrade libhogweed2-32bitUpgrade libnettle4-32bitUpgrade libhogweed6-32bitUpgrade libnettle8Upgrade libnettle-develUpgrade libnettle6-32bitUpgrade libnettle8-32bit | Apr 29, 2021 | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libnettle8Upgrade libnettle7Upgrade libnettle6 | 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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