Information Exposure Affecting nettle package, versions <3.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-NETTLE-301994
  • published14 Apr 2017
  • disclosed14 Apr 2017

Introduced: 14 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-6489  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 nettle to version 3.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nettle package and not the nettle package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1