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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703296
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3296-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libcrypto++' package(s) announced via the DSA-3296-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libcrypto++' package(s) announced via the DSA-3296-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Evgeny Sidorov discovered that libcrypto++, a general purpose C++ cryptographic library, did not properly implement blinding to mask private key operations for the Rabin-Williams digital signature algorithm. This could allow remote attackers to mount a timing attack and retrieve the user's private key.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.6.1-6+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.6.1-6+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem will be fixed in version 5.6.1-7.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 5.6.1-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your libcrypto++ packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libcrypto++' package(s) on Debian 7, Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2141
BugTraq ID: 75467
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75467
Debian Security Information: DSA-3296 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3296
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1271 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00047.html
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