[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/nettle: security bump to version 3.7.2

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Apr 26 12:36:19 UTC 2021


>>>>> "Fabrice" == Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com> writes:

 > Fix CVE-2021-20305: A flaw was found in Nettle in versions before 3.7.2,
 > where several Nettle signature verification functions (GOST DSA, EDDSA &
 > ECDSA) result in the Elliptic Curve Cryptography point (ECC) multiply
 > function being called with out-of-range scalers, possibly resulting in
 > incorrect results. This flaw allows an attacker to force an invalid
 > signature, causing an assertion failure or possible validation. The
 > highest threat to this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity,
 > as well as system availability.

 > https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/blob/nettle_3.7.2_release_20210321/NEWS

 > Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com>

Committed to 2021.02.x, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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