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cryptopp -- multiple vulnerabilities

Affected packages
cryptopp < 5.6.5

Details

VuXML ID eab68cff-bc0c-11e6-b2ca-001b3856973b
Discovery 2015-02-27
Entry 2016-12-06

Multiple sources report:

CVE-2015-2141: The InvertibleRWFunction::CalculateInverse function in rw.cpp in libcrypt++ 5.6.2 does not properly blind private key operations for the Rabin-Williams digital signature algorithm, which allows remote attackers to obtain private keys via a timing attack. Fixed in 5.6.3.

CVE-2016-3995: Incorrect implementation of Rijndael timing attack countermeasure. Fixed in 5.6.4.

CVE-2016-7420: Library built without -DNDEBUG could egress sensitive information to the filesystem via a core dump if an assert was triggered. Fixed in 5.6.5.

References

CVE Name CVE-2015-2141
CVE Name CVE-2016-3995
CVE Name CVE-2016-7420
URL https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/368
URL https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/146
URL https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277