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Fedora 39: 2023-f357a25877 Critical LibTomMath Integer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey September 18, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 39's update tackles a major security flaw in libtommath, CVE-2023-36328, linked to an integer overflow, enhancing protection against potential exploits.
Security fix for CVE-2023-36328

Summary

A free open source portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library

written entirely in C. (phew!). The library is designed to provide a simple to

work with API that provides fairly efficient routines that build out of the box

without configuration.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2023-36328

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora security fix integer overflow libtommath

Change Log

* Sat Sep 2 2023 Frantisek Sumsal - 1.2.0-13 - Fix CVE-2023-36328 (#2236877,#2236878)

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2236877 - CVE-2023-36328 libtommath: Integer Overflow vulnerability in mp_grow in libtom https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236877

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-f357a25877' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: libtommath
Product: Fedora 39
Version: 1.2.0
Release: 13.fc39
URL: https://www.libtom.net/
Summary: A portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora security fix integer overflow libtommath

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