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openSUSE 15.1: Security Update for Bouncycastle: Moderate Threat Advisory

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Calendar Grey May 3, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE Security Patch tackling recognized vulnerabilities in bouncycastle to improve overall system security and stability.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for bouncycastle fixes the following issues:

Version update to 1.60:

* CVE-2018-1000613: Use of Externally-ControlledInput to Select Classes or

Code (boo#1100694)

* Release notes: https://www.bouncycastle.org/download/bouncy-castle-java/

Version update to 1.59:

* CVE-2017-13098: Fix against Bleichenbacher oracle when not using the

lightweight APIs (boo#1072697).

* Release notes: https://www.bouncycastle.org/download/bouncy-castle-java/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution openSUSE patch instructions bouncycastle

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-607=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

bouncycastle-1.60-lp151.3.3.1

bouncycastle-javadoc-1.60-lp151.3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13098.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000613.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1072697

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1100694

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0607-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution openSUSE patch instructions bouncycastle

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