Debian Security Advisory
DLA-915-1 botan1.10 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 25 Apr 2017
- Affected Packages:
- botan1.10
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 860072.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-2801. - More information:
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A bug in X509 DN string comparisons could result in out of bound reads. This could result in information leakage, denial of service, or potentially incorrect certificate validation results.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 1.10.5-1+deb7u3.We recommend that you upgrade your botan1.10 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS