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Critical
CVE-2015-8804
x86_64/ecc-384-modp.asm in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry...
Vulnerability Description
x86_64/ecc-384-modp.asm in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-384 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00100.html
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/38-Miscomputations-of-elliptic-curve-scalar-multiplications-in-Nettle.html
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/fa269b6ad06dd13c901dbd84a12e52b918a09cd7
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00093.html
- https://lists.lysator.liu.se/pipermail/nettle-bugs/2015/003024.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2897-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00091.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/02/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-01/msg00006.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/1
Affected Vendor
nettle project
View all reports →Affected Software
nettle, ubuntu linux, leap, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 14.04, 15.10, 42.1, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 23rd, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.