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HistoryApr 14, 2021 - 8:07 p.m.

Important: gnutls and nettle security update

2021-04-1420:07:45
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The gnutls packages provide the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS.

Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in almost any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages, such as C++, Python, or Pike, in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space.

Security Fix(es):

  • nettle: Out of bounds memory access in signature verification (CVE-2021-20305)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.