CVE-2015-8803

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-02-02
CWE:
CWE-358
Bugzilla:
1304303: CVE-2015-8803 nettle: secp256 calculation bug

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The ecc_256_modp function in ecc-256.c in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-256 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8805.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8803 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (nettle) RHSA-2016:2582 2016-11-03

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