USN-2897-1

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    USN-2897-1

    Published: 15 Feb 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: nettle vulnerabilities

    Details: Hanno Böck discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in the NIST P-256 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8803) Hanno Böck discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in the NIST P-384 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8804) Niels Moeller discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in the NIST P-256 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8805)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2897-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8803, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8804, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8805

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nettle

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2.7.1-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High