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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-8805) ELSA-2016-2582: nettle security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-8805) ELSA-2016-2582: nettle security and bug fix update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2016
Modified
01/22/2018

Description

The ecc_256_modq function in ecc-256.c in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-256 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8803.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nettle
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nettle-devel

References

  • ELSA-2016-2582
  • RHSA-2016:2582
  • 84272
  • USN-2897-1
  • CVE-2015-8805

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