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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201612-38
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Botan: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 13, 2016
     Bugs: #574034
       ID: 201612-38

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Botan, the worst of which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
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Botan (Japanese for peony) is a cryptography library written in C++11.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-libs/botan              < 1.10.12                 >= 1.10.12 

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Botan. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Botan users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/botan-1.10.12"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-2194
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2194
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-2195
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2195

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/