Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nettle package, versions <3.3-1+deb9u1
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- published 1 Apr 2021
- disclosed 5 Apr 2021
Introduced: 1 Apr 2021
CVE-2021-20305 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
nettle
to version 3.3-1+deb9u1 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.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20305
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4933
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQKWVVMAIDAJ7YAA3VVO32BHLDOH2E63/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-31
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1942533
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00008.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0002/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQKWVVMAIDAJ7YAA3VVO32BHLDOH2E63/