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openSUSE Leap 15.4: SUSE-SU-2023:4957-1 moderate: libcryptopp DoS

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Calendar Grey December 21, 2023
Dist Suse Esm H88
A recent enhancement to libcryptopp addresses a potential DoS exploit related to incorrectly structured DER public key files. Discover further details about this fix.
* bsc#1218219 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-50980

Summary

## This update for libcryptopp fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-50980: Fixed DoS via malformed DER public key file (bsc#1218219). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 15.4 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4957=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64) * libcryptopp5_6_5-32bit-debuginfo-5.6.5-150000.1.9.1 * libcryptopp5_6_5-32bit-5.6.5-150000.1.9.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libcryptopp5_6_5-debuginfo-5.6.5-150000.1.9.1 * libcryptopp5_6_5-5.6.5-150000.1.9.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS patch openSUSE libcryptopp

References

* bsc#1218219

Cross-

* CVE-2023-50980

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-50980 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50980.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218219

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4957-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS patch openSUSE libcryptopp

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