Source: botan
X-Debbugs-CC: t...@security.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for botan.

CVE-2024-50383[0]:
| Botan before 3.6.0, when certain GCC versions are used, has a
| compiler-induced secret-dependent operation in lib/utils/donna128.h
| in donna128 (used in Chacha-Poly1305 and x25519). An addition can be
| skipped if a carry is not set. This was observed for GCC 11.3.0 with
| -O2 on MIPS, and GCC on x86-i386. (Only 32-bit processors can be
| affected.)

https://github.com/randombit/botan/commit/53b0cfde580e86b03d0d27a488b6c134f662e957

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-2024-50383
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50383

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

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