CVE-2021-3580

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3580
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-05 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-16 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext. An attacker could use this flaw to provide a manipulated ciphertext leading to application crash and denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Application Nettle Project Nettle All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-3580 Nettle Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2760-1] nettle security update MLIST lists.debian.org
1967983 – (CVE-2021-3580) CVE-2021-3580 nettle: Remote crash in RSA decryption via manipulated ciphertext MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Nettle: Denial of Service (GLSA 202401-24) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159515 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for gnutls and nettle (ELSA-2021-4451)
  • 159717 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for gnutls (ELSA-2022-9221)
  • 178677 Debian Security Update for nettle (DSA 4933-1)
  • 178806 Debian Security Update for nettle (DLA 2760-1)
  • 179899 Debian Security Update for nettle (CVE-2021-3580)
  • 198408 Ubuntu Security Notification for Nettle vulnerabilities (USN-4990-1)
  • 239785 Red Hat Update for gnutls and nettle security (RHSA-2021:4451)
  • 296065 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 39.107.1 Missing (CPUOCT2021)
  • 500421 Alpine Linux Security Update for nettle
  • 501442 Alpine Linux Security Update for nettle
  • 504180 Alpine Linux Security Update for nettle
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 670653 EulerOS Security Update for nettle (EulerOS-SA-2021-2411)
  • 670717 EulerOS Security Update for nettle (EulerOS-SA-2021-2475)
  • 670754 EulerOS Security Update for nettle (EulerOS-SA-2021-2512)
  • 670778 EulerOS Security Update for nettle (EulerOS-SA-2021-2536)
  • 670802 EulerOS Security Update for nettle (EulerOS-SA-2021-2560)
  • 671017 EulerOS Security Update for nettle (EulerOS-SA-2021-2598)
  • 710842 Gentoo Linux Nettle Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (GLSA 202401-24)
  • 750700 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libnettle (SUSE-SU-2021:2135-1)
  • 750701 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libnettle (SUSE-SU-2021:2143-1)
  • 750717 OpenSUSE Security Update for libnettle (openSUSE-SU-2021:0906-1)
  • 750784 OpenSUSE Security Update for libnettle (openSUSE-SU-2021:2143-1)
  • 900295 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for nettle 3.7.2
  • 901411 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nettle (6741-1)
  • 902893 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nettle (5124)
  • 940170 AlmaLinux Security Update for gnutls and nettle (ALSA-2021:4451)
  • 960167 Rocky Linux Security Update for gnutls and nettle (RLSA-2021:4451)
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