6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.2%
The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2760 advisory.
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. (CVE-2021-20305)
A flaw was found in the way nettle’s RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext. An attacker could use this flaw to provide a manipulated ciphertext leading to application crash and denial of service. (CVE-2021-3580)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-2760. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(153482);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/09/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3580", "CVE-2021-20305");
script_name(english:"Debian DLA-2760-1 : nettle - LTS security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
dla-2760 advisory.
- 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. (CVE-2021-20305)
- A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext. An
attacker could use this flaw to provide a manipulated ciphertext leading to application crash and denial
of service. (CVE-2021-3580)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=985652");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/nettle");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2760");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20305");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3580");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/nettle");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the nettle packages.
For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 3.3-1+deb9u1.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-20305");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/04/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/09/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/09/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhogweed4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnettle6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle-bin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('audit.inc');
include('debian_package.inc');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
var release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(9)\.[0-9]+", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 9.0', 'Debian ' + release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'libhogweed4', 'reference': '3.3-1+deb9u1'},
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'libnettle6', 'reference': '3.3-1+deb9u1'},
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'nettle-bin', 'reference': '3.3-1+deb9u1'},
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'nettle-dbg', 'reference': '3.3-1+deb9u1'},
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'nettle-dev', 'reference': '3.3-1+deb9u1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var release = NULL;
var prefix = NULL;
var reference = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (release && prefix && reference) {
if (deb_check(release:release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : deb_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libhogweed4 / libnettle6 / nettle-bin / nettle-dbg / nettle-dev');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | libhogweed4 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhogweed4 |
debian | debian_linux | libnettle6 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnettle6 |
debian | debian_linux | nettle-bin | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle-bin |
debian | debian_linux | nettle-dbg | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle-dbg |
debian | debian_linux | nettle-dev | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle-dev |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20305
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3580
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=985652
packages.debian.org/source/stretch/nettle
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20305
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3580
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/nettle
www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2760
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.2%