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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7420

Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 5.6.4 does not document the requirement for a compile-time NDEBUG definition disabling the many assert calls that are...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 5.6.4 does not document the requirement for a compile-time NDEBUG definition disabling the many assert calls that are unintended in production use, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to process memory after an assertion failure, as demonstrated by reading a core dump.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libcrypto++
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13 libcrypto++
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14 libcrypto++
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

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