libcrypto++: CVE-2023-50980

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libcrypto++: CVE-2023-50980

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From: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: libcrypto++: CVE-2023-50980

Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:36:57 +0100

Source: libcrypto++
X-Debbugs-CC: team@security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libcrypto++.

CVE-2023-50980[0]:
| gf2n.cpp in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers
| to cause a denial of service (application crash) via DER public-key
| data for an F(2^m) curve, if the degree of each term in the
| polynomial is not strictly decreasing.

https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/1248

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-2023-50980
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50980

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

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