vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3580: Nettle: Denial of Service
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 5, 2021 | Jan 17, 2024 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 5, 2021
Added
Jan 17, 2024
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-nettle
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