Executive Summary

Summary
Title Nettle vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3193-1 First vendor Publication 2017-02-06
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-02-06
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Nettle could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description: - nettle: low level cryptographic library (public-key cryptos)

Details:

It was discovered that Nettle incorrectly mitigated certain timing side-channel attacks. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to recover private keys.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.10:
libnettle6 3.2-1ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libnettle6 3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libnettle4 2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libnettle4 2.4-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3193-1
CVE-2016-6489

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nettle/3.2-1ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nettle/3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nettle/2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nettle/2.4-1ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-203 Information Exposure Through Discrepancy

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 4
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201706-21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-675.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-05 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1481-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1061.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-07 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3193-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-15 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20161103_nettle_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-28 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-2582.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2016-762cb57c92.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-11 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2582.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2582.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-12 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-593.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-04-25 21:25:25
  • Multiple Updates
2017-04-15 00:22:34
  • Multiple Updates
2017-02-08 13:25:30
  • Multiple Updates
2017-02-06 21:23:26
  • First insertion