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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2021-1145-01 Critical Nettle Memory Access

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An update for nettle is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: nettle security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2021:1145-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1145
Issue date:        2021-04-08
CVE Names:         CVE-2021-20305 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

An update for nettle is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

3. Description:

Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in almost
any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages, such as C++,
Python, or Pike, in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel
space.

Security Fix(es):

* nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification
(CVE-2021-20305)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1942533 - CVE-2021-20305 nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):

Source:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm

x86_64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):

x86_64:
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):

Source:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm

x86_64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):

x86_64:
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm

ppc64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm

x86_64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20305
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2021-1145-01 Critical Nettle Memory Access

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new patch is ready for nettle on RHEL 7 addressing significant security vulnerabilities alongside a rectification for memory handling problems.
An update for nettle is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in almost any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages, such as C++, Python, or Pike, in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space.
Security Fix(es):
* nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification (CVE-2021-20305)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20305 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1145-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2021-04-08

Topic

An update for nettle is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1942533 - CVE-2021-20305 nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification

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