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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3939-1 (botan1.10 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that an error in the x509 parser of the Botan crypto library could result in an out-of-bounds memory read, resulting in denial of service or an information leak if processing a malformed certificate.
Affected Software
Affected Software
botan1.10 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.8-2+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed prior to the initial release. We recommend that you upgrade your botan1.10 packages.