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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0147
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0147
Insight
Insight
Updated libcryptopp packages fix security vulnerability: In libcryptopp, for both Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and Rijndael::Dec::ProcessAndXorBlock there is some code to avoid timing attacks, however it is removed by the compiler due to optimizations, making the binary vulnerable to timing attacks (CVE-2016-3995). This update also corrects some bugs with the package.
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.