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openSUSE Leap 15.3: Advisory ID 2021:2163-1 Moderate Timing Issue

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A security patch for bouncycastle resolves a significant timing vulnerability in openSUSE. Prompt measures are advised.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for bouncycastle fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-15522: Fixed a timing issue within the EC math library

(bsc#1186328).

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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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-2163=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

bouncycastle-1.64-3.3.1

bouncycastle-javadoc-1.64-3.3.1

bouncycastle-mail-1.64-3.3.1

bouncycastle-pg-1.64-3.3.1

bouncycastle-pkix-1.64-3.3.1

bouncycastle-tls-1.64-3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15522.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186328

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:2163-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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