CVE-2021-20305
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 5, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 17, 2020
Description
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. The highest threat to this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
nettlen/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1942533
- GLSA-202105-31vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-454a0f6f76vendor-advisory
- DSA-4933vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210918 [SECURITY] [DLA 2760-1] nettle security updatemailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0002/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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