Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gnutls package, versions <0:3.6.14-8.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-GNUTLS-2579186
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Apr 2021

Introduced: 5 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-20305  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 gnutls to version 0:3.6.14-8.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-1206.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls package and not the gnutls package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Nettle in versions before 3.7.2, where several Nettle signature verification functions (GOST DSA, EDDSA & ECDSA) result in the Elliptic Curve Cryptography point (ECC) multiply function being called with out-of-range scalers, possibly resulting in incorrect results. This flaw allows an attacker to force an invalid signature, causing an assertion failure or possible validation. The highest threat to this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1