CVE-2021-3580 (GCVE-0-2021-3580)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-11-19 14:24
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Summary
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.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Vendor Product Version
n/a nettle Affected: nettle 3.7.3
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