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CVE-2021-20305

nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification

Severity Score

8.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Se encontró un fallo en Nettle en versiones anteriores a 3.7.2, donde varias funciones de comprobación de firma de Nettle (GOST DSA, EDDSA y ECDSA) resultan en la función de multiplicación del punto Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) ser llamados con escaladores fuera de rango, posiblemente resultando en resultados incorrectos. Este fallo permite a un atacante forzar una firma no válida, causando un fallo de aserción o una posible validación. La mayor amenaza para esta vulnerabilidad es la confidencialidad, la integridad y la disponibilidad del sistema

A flaw was found in Nettle, 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.

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.3.0 images Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides the capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of public and private cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console—with security policy built in. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, which fix several bugs and security issues. Issues addressed include code execution, cross site scripting, denial of service, integer overflow, and null pointer vulnerabilities.

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CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-04-05 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Nettle Project
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Nettle
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< 3.7.2
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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33
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Redhat
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Enterprise Linux
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7.0
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Redhat
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Enterprise Linux
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8.0
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Netapp
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Active Iq Unified Manager
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-vmware_vsphere
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Netapp
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Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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9.0
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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10.0
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