[Secure-testing-team] Bug#848009: libcrypto++: CVE-2016-9939: denial-of-service in ASN1 decoder

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libcrypto++
Version: 5.6.4-4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/346

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libcrypto++.

CVE-2016-9939[0]:
denial-of-service in ASN1 decoder

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9939
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9939

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed, at least sid
is sourcewise affected afaics, older versions not checked.

Regards,
Salvatore