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