libcrypto++: CVE-2023-50981

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-50981  

Debian Bug report logs - #1059312
libcrypto++: CVE-2023-50981

Reported by: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>

Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:39:10 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security, upstream

Forwarded to https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/1249

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, team@security.debian.org, Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>:
Bug#1059312; Package src:libcrypto++. (Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:39:12 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: libcrypto++: CVE-2023-50981
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:37:18 +0100
Source: libcrypto++
X-Debbugs-CC: team@security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libcrypto++.

CVE-2023-50981[0]:
| ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows
| attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted
| DER public-key data associated with squared odd numbers, such as the
| square of 268995137513890432434389773128616504853.

https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/1249


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-50981
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50981

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.



Added tag(s) upstream. Request was from Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:09:44 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Set Bug forwarded-to-address to 'https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/1249'. Request was from Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:09:44 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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