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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:3301-1 Moderate: libcryptopp DoS

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A security update for libcryptopp has been issued for openSUSE, addressing a medium-severity Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. Apply the patch without delay!
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libcryptopp fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2016-9939: Fixed potential DoS in Crypto++ (libcryptopp) ASN.1

parser (bsc#1015243).

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-15.3-2021-3301=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libcryptopp-debugsource-5.6.5-1.6.1

libcryptopp-devel-5.6.5-1.6.1

libcryptopp5_6_5-5.6.5-1.6.1

libcryptopp5_6_5-debuginfo-5.6.5-1.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libcryptopp5_6_5-32bit-5.6.5-1.6.1

libcryptopp5_6_5-32bit-debuginfo-5.6.5-1.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9939.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1015243

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:3301-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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