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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4057-1 erlang -- security update

Date Reported:

08 Dec 2017

Affected Packages:

erlang

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-1000385.

More information:

It was discovered that the TLS server in Erlang is vulnerable to an adaptive chosen ciphertext attack against RSA keys.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:17.3-dfsg-4+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:19.2.1+dfsg-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your erlang packages.

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