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HistoryJun 21, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-4933-1 : nettle - security update

2021-06-2100:00:00
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in nettle, a low level cryptographic library, which could result in denial of service (remote crash in RSA decryption via specially crafted ciphertext, crash on ECDSA signature verification) or incorrect verification of ECDSA signatures.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4933. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(150905);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-20305", "CVE-2021-3580");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4933");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4933-1 : nettle - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in nettle, a low level
cryptographic library, which could result in denial of service (remote
crash in RSA decryption via specially crafted ciphertext, crash on
ECDSA signature verification) or incorrect verification of ECDSA
signatures."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=985652"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989631"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/nettle"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/nettle"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4933"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"Upgrade the nettle packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.4.1-1+deb10u1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-20305");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/04/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/06/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/06/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libhogweed4", reference:"3.4.1-1+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libnettle6", reference:"3.4.1-1+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"nettle-bin", reference:"3.4.1-1+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"nettle-dev", reference:"3.4.1-1+deb10u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxnettlep-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0