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SUSE: CVE-2023-50981: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2023-50981: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/18/2023
Created
01/20/2024
Added
01/19/2024
Modified
01/19/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libcryptopp-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libcryptopp8_6_0
  • suse-upgrade-libcryptopp8_6_0-32bit

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