Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-8804 |
CWE-ID | CWE-254 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
nettle (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU32326
Risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8804
CWE-ID:
CWE-254 - Security Features
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
x86_64/ecc-384-modp.asm in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-384 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsnettle (Alpine package): 2.7.1-r0
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=bc1b8cdb81f24f01d962fc29e48ca02bf09d6ec7
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=dffdb25189c631ad6bfce4965c741df5964e446d
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=775b25076f747d4d008d25adbc59ec3bedd69e39
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3a2031b005debb4b0e0c83896d3719b53b2ed0b8
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.