Debian DSA-3417-1 High: Bouncy Castle Invalid Curve Attack
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December 14, 2015
Tibor Jager, Jörg Schwenk, and Juraj Somorovsky, from Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security, published a paper in ESORICS 2015 where they describe an invalid curve attack in ...
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More information:
https://web-in-security.blogspot.com/2015/09/practical-invalid-curve-attacks.html
Practical Invalid Curve Attacks on TLS-ECDH:
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.44+dfsg-3.1+deb7u1.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.49+dfsg-3+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.51-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your bouncycastle packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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CVE ID: CVE-2015-7940
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