Information Exposure Affecting nettle-devel package, versions <0:2.7.1-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NETTLEDEVEL-5132679
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jun 2016

Introduced: 20 Jun 2016

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 nettle-devel to version 0:2.7.1-8.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.

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