CVE-2021-3580
Description
A flaw was found in nettle in the way its RSA decryption functions handle specially crafted ciphertext. This flaw allows an attacker to provide a manipulated ciphertext, leading to an application crash and a denial of service.
Mitigation
As per upstream: For applications that want to support older versions of nettle, the bug can be worked around by adding a check that the RSA ciphertext is in the range 0 < ciphertext < n, before attempting to decrypt it.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.5 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | None | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the GNU Nettle project for reporting this issue.
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