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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2897-1)

🗓️ 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'nettle' package on Ubuntu 14.04 and 15.10 is missing an update announced via the USN-2897-1 advisory

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842641");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8803", "CVE-2015-8804", "CVE-2015-8805");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-02-16 05:28:24 +0000 (Tue, 16 Feb 2016)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-03-03 19:52:30 +0000 (Thu, 03 Mar 2016)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2897-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(14\.04\ LTS|15\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2897-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2897-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'nettle' package(s) announced via the USN-2897-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Hanno Bock discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in
the NIST P-256 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8803)

Hanno Bock discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in
the NIST P-384 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8804)

Niels Moeller discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation
in the NIST P-256 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8805)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'nettle' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libnettle4", ver:"2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU15.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libnettle6", ver:"3.1.1-4ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU15.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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