Debian Security Advisory
DLA-893-1 bouncycastle -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 10 Apr 2017
- Affected Packages:
- bouncycastle
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-6644.
- More information:
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An information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Bouncy Castle, a Java library which consists of various cryptographic algorithms. The Galois/Counter mode (GCM) implementation was missing a boundary check that could enable a local application to gain access to user's private information.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 1.44+dfsg-3.1+deb7u2.We recommend that you upgrade your bouncycastle packages.
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