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Debian: DSA-2541-1 Critical Beaker Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2012
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Keep updated regarding the Beaker security announcement DSA-2541-1 which highlights improvements in encryption safety protocols.
It was discovered that Beaker, a cache and session library for Python, when using the python-crypto backend, is vulnerable to information disclosure due to a cryptographic weakness...

Summary

It was discovered that Beaker, a cache and session library for Python,
when using the python-crypto backend, is vulnerable to information
disclosure due to a cryptographic weakness related to the use of the
AES cipher in ECB mode.

Systems that have the python-pycryptopp package should not be
vulnerable, as this backend is preferred over python-crypto.

After applying this update, existing sessions will be invalidated.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.4-4+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.3-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your beaker packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: beaker
CVE ID: CVE-2012-3458

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