MGASA-2016-0147

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    MGASA-2016-0147

    Published: 25 Apr 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-3995

    Summary: Updated libcryptopp packages fix CVE-2016-3995

    Details: Updated libcryptopp packages fix security vulnerability: In libcryptopp, for both Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and Rijndael::Dec::ProcessAndXorBlock there is some code to avoid timing attacks, however it is removed by the compiler due to optimizations, making the binary vulnerable to timing attacks (CVE-2016-3995). This update also corrects some bugs with the package.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0147.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18184, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182297.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libcryptopp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libcryptopp?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.6.3-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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