Bug 1252936 – nettle: sha3 implementation does not conform to the published version

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Bug 1252936 - nettle: sha3 implementation does not conform to the published version

Summary:	nettle: sha3 implementation does not conform to the published version

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	nettle (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.2
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	high Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
QA Contact:	Hubert Kario
Docs Contact:	Mirek Jahoda

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Blocks:	1296594 1313485 1297572 1298279
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Reported:	2015-08-12 10:30 EDT by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
Modified:	2016-11-03 15:30 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	nettle-2.7.1-5.el7
Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	The SHA-3 implementation in _nettle_ now conforms to FIPS 202 _nettle_ is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in almost any context. With this update, the Secure Hash Algorithm 3 (SHA-3) implementation has been updated to conform the final Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 202 draft.
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Last Closed:	2016-11-03 15:30:44 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Bugzilla	1252935	None	CLOSED	nettle: sha3 implementation does not conform to the published version	2018-04-30 21:56 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:2582	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: nettle security and bug fix update	2016-11-03 08:08:24 EDT

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Description Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos 2015-08-12 10:30:00 EDT

Description of problem:
The final version of SHA3 [0] does not match the original accepted version of keccak. The changes are trivial but nevertheless result to incompatible results [1].

[0]. http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.202.pdf
[1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-3#Examples_of_SHA-3_and_Keccak_variants

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 15:30:44 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html

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