Gentoo GLSA-201701-23 Normal: Botan Multiple Issues Affecting ECDSA Keys
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January 11, 2017
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Botan, the worst of which might allow remote attackers to obtain ECDSA secret keys.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Botan. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Botan users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/botan-1.10.13"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-2849 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2849 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-2850 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2850
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-23
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Concerns
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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Botan: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 11, 2017
Bugs: #581324
ID: 201701-23
Topics Covered
Background
Botan (Japanese for peony) is a cryptography library written in C++11.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/botan < 1.10.13 >= 1.10.13
Impact
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A remote attacker might obtain ECDSA secret keys via a timing
side-channel attack or could possibly bypass TLS policy.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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