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Fedora: 2019-31015766d1 Critical: mingw-nettle Data Exposure Issue

Resolves CVE-2018-16869. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2019-31015766d1 2019-01-12 01:57:03.719766 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : mingw-nettle Product : Fedora 29 Version : 3.4.1 Release : 1.fc29 URL : http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/ Summary : MinGW package for nettle cryptographic library Description : Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in more or less any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages (C++, Python, Pike, ...), in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: Resolves CVE-2018-16869 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Thu Jan 3 2019 Michael Cronenworth - 3.4.1-1 - New upstream release * Fri Aug 24 2018 Richard W.M. Jones - 3.4-3 - Rebuild for new mingw-openssl. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1655398 - CVE-2018-16869 mingw-nettle: nettle: Leaky data conversion exposing a manager oracle [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655398 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-31015766d1' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announcemailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Fedora 30's mingw-crypto patch addresses a major vulnerability, enhancing overall system protection.. Fedora Update, Nettle Library, MinGW Update, Security Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 12, 2019 •Critical Fedora