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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2997-1 ecdsautils -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

07 May 2022

Affected Packages:

ecdsautils

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-24884.

More information:

In ecdsautils, a collection of ECDSA elliptic curve cryptography command line tools, an improper verification of cryptographic signatures was detected. A signature consisting only of zeroes is always considered valid, making it trivial to forge signatures.

• CVE-2022-24884

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.2+git20151018-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ecdsautils packages.

For the detailed security status of ecdsautils please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ecdsautils

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS