RHSA-2016:2582

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2016-11-03 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 10:57
Summary
security update for nettle
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for nettle
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2016:2582. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582.
Patchnames: RHSA-2016:2582
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2015-8803
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:nettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:nettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:nettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:nettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2015-8804
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2015-8803
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2015-8805
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2015-8803
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2016-6489
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2015-8803
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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