CVE-2021-3580: Improper Input Validation

August 5, 2021 (updated January 16, 2024)

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.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967983
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3580

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