CVE-2015-8804
Description
x86_64/ecc-384-modp.asm in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-384 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
opensuse
oss-project·DE
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
Nettle Project
oss-projectaka nettle
and 3 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/fa269b6ad06dd13c901dbd84a12e52b918a09cd7
git.lysator.liu.se
https://lists.lysator.liu.se/pipermail/nettle-bugs/2015/003024.html
lists.lysator.liu.se
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-01/msg00006.html
lists.gnu.org
and 17 more references View all →
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