usn-2897-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-02-15 18:11
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
nettle vulnerabilities
Details

Hanno Böck discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in the NIST P-256 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8803)

Hanno Böck discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in the NIST P-384 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8804)

Niels Moeller discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in the NIST P-256 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8805)

References
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    {
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              "id": "CVE-2015-8803",
              "severity": [
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        }
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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      },
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            }
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Hanno B\u00f6ck discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in\nthe NIST P-256 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8803)\n\nHanno B\u00f6ck discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation in\nthe NIST P-384 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8804)\n\nNiels Moeller discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled carry propagation\nin the NIST P-256 elliptic curve. (CVE-2015-8805)\n",
  "id": "USN-2897-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2016-02-15T18:11:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2897-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8803"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8804"
    },
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    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "nettle vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8803",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8804",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8805"
  ]
}



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