{"id":"MGASA-2017-0010","summary":"Updated libcryptopp packages fix security vulnerability","details":"When Crypto++ library parses an ASN.1 data value, the library allocates\nfor the content octets based on the length octets. Later, if there's too\nfew or too little content octets, the library throws a BERDecodeErr\nexception. The memory for the content octets will be zeroized (even if\nunused), which could take a long time on a large allocation\n(CVE-2016-9939).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:07.872903305Z","published":"2017-01-07T21:39:59Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-9939"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0010.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19937"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/7"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/346"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3748"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libcryptopp","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libcryptopp?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.6.3-1.3.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0010.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}