RedHatRHSA-2016:2582(RHSA-2016:2582) Moderate: nettle security and bug fix update
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.0%
Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in almost any context: In cryptographic toolkits for object-oriented languages, such as C++, Python, or Pike, in applications like lsh or GnuPG, or even in kernel space.
Security Fix(es):
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Multiple flaws were found in the way nettle implemented elliptic curve scalar multiplication. These flaws could potentially introduce cryptographic weaknesses into nettle’s functionality. (CVE-2015-8803, CVE-2015-8804, CVE-2015-8805)
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It was found that nettle’s RSA and DSA decryption code was vulnerable to cache-related side channel attacks. An attacker could use this flaw to recover the private key from a co-located virtual-machine instance. (CVE-2016-6489)
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RedHat | 7 | ppc64 | nettle | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | i686 | nettle-devel | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-devel-2.7.1-8.el7.i686.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | ppc64le | nettle-devel | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-devel-2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | i686 | nettle-debuginfo | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-8.el7.i686.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | x86_64 | nettle-devel | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-devel-2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | aarch64 | nettle | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-2.7.1-8.el7.aarch64.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | s390x | nettle | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-2.7.1-8.el7.s390x.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | ppc64le | nettle-debuginfo | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | ppc | nettle-debuginfo | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-8.el7.ppc.rpm |
| RedHat | 7 | aarch64 | nettle-debuginfo | < 2.7.1-8.el7 | nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-8.el7.aarch64.rpm |
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.0%