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
8.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.2%
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in nettle, a low level cryptographic library, which could result in denial of service (remote crash in RSA decryption via specially crafted ciphertext, crash on ECDSA signature verification) or incorrect verification of ECDSA signatures.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4933. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(150905);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-20305", "CVE-2021-3580");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4933");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4933-1 : nettle - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in nettle, a low level
cryptographic library, which could result in denial of service (remote
crash in RSA decryption via specially crafted ciphertext, crash on
ECDSA signature verification) or incorrect verification of ECDSA
signatures."
);
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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989631"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/nettle"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/nettle"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4933"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the nettle packages.
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.4.1-1+deb10u1."
);
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:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/04/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/06/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/06/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
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/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libhogweed4", reference:"3.4.1-1+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libnettle6", reference:"3.4.1-1+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"nettle-bin", reference:"3.4.1-1+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"nettle-dev", reference:"3.4.1-1+deb10u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | nettle | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nettle |
debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0 |
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
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989631
packages.debian.org/source/buster/nettle
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/nettle
www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4933
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
8.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.2%