A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext. An attacker could use this flaw to provide a manipulated ciphertext leading to application crash and denial of service.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade nettle-devel | May 4, 2022 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade nettle | Mar 26, 2024 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfo | Nov 10, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade nettle | Jun 21, 2021 | Jun 21, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/nettle. | Jan 17, 2024 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade nettle-develUpgrade nettle | Sep 16, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade nettleUpgrade nettle-devel | Oct 26, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade nettle-develUpgrade nettle | Sep 29, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade nettleUpgrade nettle-devel | Sep 24, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade nettle | Sep 29, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/security/nettle to version 3.7.3-11.4.39.0.1.107.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Nov 17, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade nettleUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-devel | Nov 17, 2021 | Jun 7, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade nettle-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutlsUpgrade nettle | Nov 10, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade gnutls-utilsUpgrade gnutls-dane-debuginfoUpgrade nettle-develUpgrade gnutls-c++Upgrade nettle-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-daneUpgrade nettle-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-c++-debuginfoUpgrade nettleUpgrade gnutls-develUpgrade gnutls-debugsourceUpgrade gnutls-utils-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls-debuginfoUpgrade gnutls | Sep 2, 2022 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libhogweed2Upgrade libnettle-develUpgrade libnettle6-32bitUpgrade libhogweed6-32bitUpgrade libhogweed4Upgrade libnettle-devel-32bitUpgrade libnettle4-32bitUpgrade libnettle4Upgrade nettleUpgrade libhogweed6Upgrade libnettle6Upgrade libhogweed2-32bitUpgrade libnettle8-32bitUpgrade libnettle8Upgrade libhogweed4-32bit | Jun 24, 2021 | Jun 17, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libnettle6Upgrade libnettle8Upgrade libnettle7 | Jun 18, 2021 | Jun 17, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Aug 5, 2021 |
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