{"id":"MGASA-2016-0061","summary":"Updated nettle packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"Updated nettle2.7 and nettle packages fix security vulnerabilities:\n\nTwo carry propagation bugs in elliptic curve scalar multiplications that\naffect the NIST P-256 curve. The bugs are in the C code and affect multiple \narchitectures (CVE-2015-8803, CVE-2015-8805).\n\nA carry propagation bug in elliptic curve scalar multiplications that\naffect the NIST P-384 curve. The bug is in the assembly code and only affects\nthe x86_64 architecture (CVE-2015-8804).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:19.145714846Z","published":"2016-02-09T19:05:34Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-8803","CVE-2015-8804","CVE-2015-8805"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0061.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17669"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176807.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nettle2.7","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/nettle2.7?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.1-6.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0061.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nettle","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/nettle?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0-3.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0061.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}