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Posted on 22 June 2017
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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@gentoo.org>
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Subject: [ GLSA 201706-21 ] nettle: Information disclosure

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201706-21
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: nettle: Information disclosure
Date: June 22, 2017
Bugs: #590484
ID: 201706-21

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Synopsis
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A cache-related side channel vulnerability was found in nettle which
might allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Background
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Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in
almost any context: In cryptographic toolkits for object-oriented
languages, such as C++, Python, or Pike, in applications like lsh or
GnuPG, or even in kernel space.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/nettle < 3.2-r1 >= 3.2-r1

Description
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It was found that nettle's RSA and DSA decryption code was vulnerable
to cache-related side channel attacks.

See the referenced technical paper "Cache Attacks Enable Bulk Key
Recovery on the Cloud" below for details.

Impact
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An attacker could recover the private key from a co-located
virtual-machine instance.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All nettle users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nettle-3.2-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-6489
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6489
[ 2 ] Cache Attacks Enable Bulk Key Recovery on the Cloud
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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