Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 5
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

Debiannettle< 3.7.3-1+3
Ubuntunettle< 3.4.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+1
CVEListV5nettlenettle 3.7.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-52fp-4722-wcjw: A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext2022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2021-3580: A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext2021-08-05
CVEList
CVE-2021-3580: A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext2021-08-05
OSV
nettle vulnerabilities2021-06-17

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Microsoft
A 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 and2021-08-10
Ubuntu
Nettle vulnerabilities2021-06-17
Red Hat
nettle: Remote crash in RSA decryption via manipulated ciphertext2021-06-07
Debian
CVE-2021-3580: nettle - A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially ...2021
Cisco
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Interface Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities2020-10-21
CVE-2021-3580 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | A flaw was found in the way nettle' | cvebase.io