Bug#862167: jessie-pu: package polarssl/1.3.9-2.1+deb8u2
Control: tags -1 + confirmed
On Tue, 2017-05-09 at 11:42 +0100, James Cowgill wrote:
> This polarssl update fixes CVE-2017-2784 (Freeing of memory allocated on
> stack when validating a public key with a secp224k1 curve) which is a
> no-DSA security issue.
>
> I've tested the CVE with the testcase which was added to mbedtls (and it
> passes only after the patch is applied). Unfortunately the test system
> is broken in polarssl (doesn't handle crashes) so adding the test to
> jessie won't have any affect on the builds unless the test system is
> fixed as well.
Please go ahead.
Regards,
Adam
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