QID 710541

Date Published: 2021-09-06

QID 710541: Gentoo Linux nettle Information disclosure Vulnerability (GLSA 201706-21)

Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution

A cache-related side channel vulnerability was found in nettle which might allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Affected Package(s): dev-libs/nettle

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Malicious users could also use this vulnerability to change partial contents or configuration on the system and information disclosure. Denial of service can appear in some cases too.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

The Vendor has released security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit GLSA 201706-21 for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

GLSA 201706-21 - security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21

CVEs related to QID 710541

CVE-2016-6489 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GLSA 201706-21	Gentoo		security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21

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