USN-3193-1: Nettle vulnerability
6 February 2017
Nettle could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- nettle - low level cryptographic library (public-key cryptos)
Details
It was discovered that Nettle incorrectly mitigated certain timing
side-channel attacks. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to
recover private keys.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.