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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1942533 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1942533 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.1 · nettle_project, fedoraproject, redhatNVD modified 2026-10-14 11:16
Affected (CPE criteria) 8
cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 13
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1942533 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQKWVVMAIDAJ7YAA3VVO32BHLDOH2E63/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-31 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4933 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1942533 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MQKWVVMAIDAJ7YAA3VVO32BHLDOH2E63/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-31 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4933 Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html