918610 – <dev-libs/nettle-3.9.1: OCB memory corruption

Bug 918610 - <dev-libs/nettle-3.9.1: OCB memory corruption

Summary: <dev-libs/nettle-3.9.1: OCB memory corruption

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 907673

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	~3 [noglsa]
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Reported:	2023-11-26 14:12 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified:	2024-01-14 23:31 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description John Helmert III archtester

2023-11-26 14:12:50 UTC

CVE-2023-36660 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212112):

The OCB feature in libnettle in Nettle 3.9 before 3.9.1 allows memory corruption.

https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/commit/867a4548b95705291a3afdd66d76e7f17ba2618f

Comment 1 John Helmert III archtester

2024-01-14 23:31:28 UTC

Upon closer inspection, it seems this is the same issue as in bug 907673.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 907673 ***