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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0061
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0061
Insight
Insight
Updated nettle2.7 and nettle packages fix security vulnerabilities: Two carry propagation bugs in elliptic curve scalar multiplications that affect the NIST P-256 curve. The bugs are in the C code and affect multiple architectures (CVE-2015-8803, CVE-2015-8805). A carry propagation bug in elliptic curve scalar multiplications that affect the NIST P-384 curve. The bug is in the assembly code and only affects the x86_64 architecture (CVE-2015-8804).
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.