CVE-2024-50383

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...

Original description

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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.)

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50383 botan
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50383 botan

References

advisory github.com
advisory nvd.nist.gov
patch github.com
web arxiv.org
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