RSA Decryption Vulnerability in Nettle Library Leads to Application Crash and Denial of Service

RSA Decryption Vulnerability in Nettle Library Leads to Application Crash and Denial of Service

CVE-2021-3580 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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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