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Scientific Linux Security Update : nettle on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95849

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - Multiple flaws were found in the way nettle implemented elliptic curve scalar multiplication. These flaws could potentially introduce cryptographic weaknesses into nettle's functionality. (CVE-2015-8803, CVE-2015-8804, CVE-2015-8805)

 - It was found that nettle's RSA and DSA decryption code was vulnerable to cache-related side channel attacks. An attacker could use this flaw to recover the private key from a co-located virtual-machine instance.
 (CVE-2016-6489)

Additional Changes :

Solution

Update the affected nettle, nettle-debuginfo and / or nettle-devel packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e09ab775

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95849

File Name: sl_20161103_nettle_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nettle, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nettle-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nettle-devel, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8803, CVE-2015-8804, CVE-2015-8805, CVE-2016-6489