CVE-2015-8804
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-8804 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2016-02-23 19:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC |
| Description | x86_64/ecc-384-modp.asm in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-384 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-310 | CWE-254
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Nettle Project | Nettle | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscalculations on secp384 curve | MLIST | lists.lysator.liu.se | Vendor Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2016:0475-1: moderate: Security update for libnettle | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| oss-security - Re: Miscomputations of elliptic curve scalar multiplications in Nettle | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| ANNOUNCE: Nettle-3.2 | MLIST | lists.gnu.org | |
| openSUSE-SU-2016:0486-1: moderate: Security update for libnettle | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Fix carry folding bug in x86_64 ecc_384_modp. Problem reported by Hanno Böck. (fa269b6a) · Commits · Nettle / nettle · GitLab | CONFIRM | git.lysator.liu.se | Patch |
| oss-security - Miscomputations of elliptic curve scalar multiplications in Nettle | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| USN-2897-1: Nettle vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Miscomputations of elliptic curve scalar multiplications in Nettle | The Fuzzing Project | MISC | blog.fuzzing-project.org | |
| openSUSE-SU-2016:0477-1: moderate: Security update for libnettle | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.