USN-2897-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2897-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2897-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2897-1
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Published
2016-02-15T18:11:46.759703Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:11Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nettle

Package

Name
nettle
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nettle@2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libhogweed2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libnettle4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "nettle-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "nettle-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-8803",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-8804",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-8805",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}