RLSA-2021:1206

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    RLSA-2021:1206

    Published: 14 Apr 2021Last Modified: 5 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-20305

    Summary: Important: gnutls and nettle security update

    Details: The gnutls packages provide the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS. Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in almost any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages, such as C++, Python, or Pike, in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space. Security Fix(es): * nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification (CVE-2021-20305) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:1206, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1942533

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnutls

    Purl: pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/gnutls?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=0

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0:3.6.14-8.el8_3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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