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OpenSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:0906-1 Important Libnettle Remote DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest openSUSE patch resolves a significant vulnerability in libnettle, helping to avert potential remote denial of service attacks. Update promptly!
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libnettle fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-3580: Fixed a remote denial of service in the RSA decryption

via manipulated ciphertext (bsc#1187060).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote DoS important update libnettle openSUSE 15.2

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-906=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libhogweed4-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libhogweed4-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libnettle-debugsource-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libnettle-devel-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libnettle6-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libnettle6-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

nettle-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

nettle-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libhogweed4-32bit-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libhogweed4-32bit-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libnettle-devel-32bit-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libnettle6-32bit-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

libnettle6-32bit-debuginfo-3.4.1-lp152.4.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3580.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187060

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0906-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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security advisory remote DoS important update libnettle openSUSE 15.2

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