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Debian Jessie DSA-3829-1: Moderate Bouncy Castle Info Leak Fix

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Calendar Grey April 11, 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3850-1 pertains to a vulnerability in OpenSSL that could allow unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Quan Nguyen discovered that a missing boundary check in the Galois/Counter mode implementation of Bouncy Castle (a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms) may result in in...
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Summary

Quan Nguyen discovered that a missing boundary check in the
Galois/Counter mode implementation of Bouncy Castle (a Java
implementation of cryptographic algorithms) may result in information
disclosure.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.49+dfsg-3+deb8u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been
fixed in version 1.54-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.54-1.

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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Package: bouncycastle
CVE ID: CVE-2015-6644

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