Debian LTS: DLA-893-1: bouncycastle security update

An information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Bouncy Castle, a Java library which consists of various cryptographic algorithms. The Galois/Counter mode (GCM) implementation was missing a boundary check that could enable a local application to gain access to

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Package        : bouncycastle
Version        : 1.44+dfsg-3.1+deb7u2
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-6644

An information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Bouncy
Castle, a Java library which consists of various cryptographic
algorithms. The Galois/Counter mode (GCM) implementation was missing a
boundary check that could enable a local application to gain access to
user's private information.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
1.44+dfsg-3.1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your bouncycastle packages.

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