CVE-2021-3580
7.5 HIGHA flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext
Published: 2021-08-05 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-20
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, nettle |
| netapp | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, nettle |
| nettle_project | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, nettle |
| redhat | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, nettle |
Description
A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext. An attacker could use this flaw to provide a manipulated ciphertext leading to application crash and denial of service.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3580
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967983
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00008.html
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-24
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0006/
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967983
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00008.html
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-24
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0006/
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