USN-3193-1

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nettle

Package

Name: nettle
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nettle@2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.1-1

2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libhogweed2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libnettle4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "nettle-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "nettle-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / nettle

Package

Name: nettle
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nettle@3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.1-4

3.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libhogweed4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libnettle6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "nettle-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "nettle-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}