[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/cryptopp: security bump to version 8.6.0
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Oct 5 14:51:25 UTC 2021
>>>>> "Fabrice" == Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com> writes:
> This release clears CVE-2021-40530 and fixes a problem with ChaCha20
> AVX2 implementation. The CVE was due to ElGamal encryption using a work
> estimate to size encryption exponents instead subgroup order. The
> ChaCha20 issue was due to mishandling a carry in the AVX2 code path. The
> ChaCha20 issue was difficult to duplicate, so most users should not
> experience it.
> https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/releases/tag/CRYPTOPP_8_6_0
> Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com>
Committed to 2021.02.x, 2021.05.x and 2021.08.x, thanks.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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