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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2812-1 botan1.10 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

09 Nov 2021

Affected Packages:

botan1.10

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-14737.

More information:

One security issue has been discovered in botan1.10: a C++ cryptography library.

An attacker of a local or a cross-VM may be able to recover bits of secret exponents as used in RSA, DH, etc. with help of cache analysis. https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity17/technical-sessions/presentation/wang-shuai

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.17-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your botan1.10 packages.

For the detailed security status of botan1.10 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/botan1.10

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