PT-2021-5781
CVE-2021-3580
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Published
2021-05-17
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Updated
2026-10-14
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Nettle (affected versions not specified)
Description
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. The vulnerability is related to insufficient input validation in the RSA decryption functions.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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