USN-4990-1: nettle Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 17-06-2021Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-4990-1 is a vulnerability in nettle Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2018-16869CVE-2021-3580

Timeline

  1. 17-06-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

nettle vulnerabilities It was discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled RSA decryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nettle to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3580) It was discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled certain padding oracles. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a variant of the Bleichenbacher attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-16869)

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • nettle< 3.4.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 3.5.1+really3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2

1 vendor · 1 product

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