MGASA-2021-0300 - Updated nettle packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 29 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0300.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8
CVE: CVE-2021-3580,
     CVE-2021-20305

Remote crash in RSA decryption via manipulated ciphertext (CVE-2021-3580).

A flaw was found in Nettle in versions before 3.7.2, where several Nettle
signature verification functions (GOST DSA, EDDSA & ECDSA) result in the
Elliptic Curve Cryptography point (ECC) multiply function being called with
out-of-range scalers, possibly resulting in incorrect results. This flaw
allows an attacker to force an invalid signature, causing an assertion
failure or possible validation (CVE-2021-20305).

The Mageia 8 nettle package has been updated to version 3.7.3 and the Mageia 7
nettle package has been patched to fix these issues.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28800
- - - https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4906-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4990-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3580
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20305

SRPMS:
- 8/core/nettle-3.7.3-1.mga8
- 7/core/nettle-3.4.1-1.1.mga7