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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3829-1 (bouncycastle - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Quan Nguyen discovered that a missing boundary check in the Galois/Counter mode implementation of Bouncy Castle (a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms) may result in information disclosure.

Affected Software

Affected Software

bouncycastle on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.49+dfsg-3+deb8u2. For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.54-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.54-1. We recommend that you upgrade your bouncycastle packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)