Debian Security Advisory
DLA-766-1 libcrypto++ -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 27 Dec 2016
- Affected Packages:
- libcrypto++
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 848009.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-9939. - More information:
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Gergely Gábor Nagy from Tresorit discovered that libcrypto++, a C++ cryptographic library, contained a bug in several ASN.1 parsing routines. This would allow an attacker to remotely cause a denial of service.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 5.6.1-6+deb7u3.We recommend that you upgrade your libcrypto++ packages.
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