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Posted on 08 April 2021
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: nettle security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1145-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1145
Issue date: 2021-04-08
CVE Names: CVE-2021-20305
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1. Summary:
An update for nettle is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
3. Description:
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.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1942533 - CVE-2021-20305 nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64:
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-debuginfo-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm
nettle-devel-2.7.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20305
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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