SUSE-SU-2017:2855-1: moderate: Security update for Botan

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for Botan
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2017:2855-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1060433 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-14737
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update for Botan fixes the following issues:

   This security issue was fixed:

   - CVE-2017-14737: A cryptographic cache-based side channel in the RSA
     implementation in Botan allowed a local attacker to recover information
     about RSA secret keys, as demonstrated by CacheD. This occured because
     an array is indexed with bits derived from a secret key (bsc#1060433).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1777=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1777=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      Botan-debugsource-1.10.9-4.3.1
      libbotan-1_10-0-1.10.9-4.3.1
      libbotan-1_10-0-debuginfo-1.10.9-4.3.1
      libbotan-devel-1.10.9-4.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      Botan-debugsource-1.10.9-4.3.1
      libbotan-1_10-0-1.10.9-4.3.1
      libbotan-1_10-0-debuginfo-1.10.9-4.3.1
      libbotan-devel-1.10.9-4.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14737.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1060433



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