Security Features Affecting nettle-devel package, versions <0:2.7.1-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-NETTLEDEVEL-2508757
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Feb 2016

Introduced: 23 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-8803  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 nettle-devel to version 0:2.7.1-8.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-2582.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nettle-devel package and not the nettle-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ecc_256_modp 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-2015-8805.

CVSS Scores

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