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Fedora 28: 2019-01afc2352f Critical: Mingw-Nettle Data Exposure Fix

Resolves CVE-2018-16869. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2019-01afc2352f 2019-01-12 01:23:50.326532 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : mingw-nettle Product : Fedora 28 Version : 3.4.1 Release : 1.fc28 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. * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering - 3.4-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Jun 26 2018 Michael Cronenworth - 3.4-1 - New upstream release * Thu Feb 8 2018 Fedora Release Engineering - 3.3-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild --------------------------------------------------------------------------------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-2019-01afc2352f' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation availableat 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-announce mailing 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 28 has released an update for mingw-nettle addressing CVE-2018-16869; crucial fix for the cryptographic framework.. mingw-nettle, Fedora update, security patch, data exposure, cryptographic library. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 12, 2019 •Critical Fedora