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  • source: botan (main)
  • version: 2.19.5+dfsg-4
  • maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) (DMD)
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 4.7.0
  • VCS: unknown
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 2.9.0-2
  • oldstable: 2.17.3+dfsg-2
  • stable: 2.19.3+dfsg-1
  • testing: 2.19.5+dfsg-4
  • unstable: 2.19.5+dfsg-4
versioned links
  • 2.9.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.17.3+dfsg-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.19.3+dfsg-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 2.19.5+dfsg-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • libbotan-2-19
  • libbotan-2-dev
  • libbotan-2-doc
action needed
Problems while searching for a new upstream version high
uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:
more than one main upstream tarballs listed.
Created: 2021-09-08 Last update: 2025-05-27 21:30
Fails to build during reproducibility testing normal
A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!
Created: 2025-03-29 Last update: 2025-05-28 03:02
4 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 4 open security issues in bookworm.

4 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2024-34702: (needs triaging) Botan is a C++ cryptography library. X.509 certificates can identify elliptic curves using either an object identifier or using explicit encoding of the parameters. Prior to 3.5.0 and 2.19.5, checking name constraints in X.509 certificates is quadratic in the number of names and name constraints. An attacker who presented a certificate chain which contained a very large number of names in the SubjectAlternativeName, signed by a CA certificate which contained a large number of name constraints, could cause a denial of service. The problem has been addressed in Botan 3.5.0 and a partial backport has also been applied and is included in Botan 2.19.5.
  • CVE-2024-34703: (needs triaging) Botan is a C++ cryptography library. X.509 certificates can identify elliptic curves using either an object identifier or using explicit encoding of the parameters. Prior to versions 3.3.0 and 2.19.4, an attacker could present an ECDSA X.509 certificate using explicit encoding where the parameters are very large. The proof of concept used a 16Kbit prime for this purpose. When parsing, the parameter is checked to be prime, causing excessive computation. This was patched in 2.19.4 and 3.3.0 to allow the prime parameter of the elliptic curve to be at most 521 bits. No known workarounds are available. Note that support for explicit encoding of elliptic curve parameters is deprecated in Botan.
  • CVE-2024-39312: (needs triaging) Botan is a C++ cryptography library. X.509 certificates can identify elliptic curves using either an object identifier or using explicit encoding of the parameters. A bug in the parsing of name constraint extensions in X.509 certificates meant that if the extension included both permitted subtrees and excluded subtrees, only the permitted subtree would be checked. If a certificate included a name which was permitted by the permitted subtree but also excluded by excluded subtree, it would be accepted. Fixed in versions 3.5.0 and 2.19.5.
  • CVE-2024-50383: (needs triaging) 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.)

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2024-07-01 Last update: 2025-03-28 05:00
debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 4 debian patches available in version 2.19.5+dfsg-4 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 3 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2025-03-23 10:35
Build log checks report 2 warnings low
Build log checks report 2 warnings
Created: 2018-03-02 Last update: 2024-02-23 09:10
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.7.0).
Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-03-22 22:58
news
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  • [2025-03-28] botan 2.19.5+dfsg-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-22] Accepted botan 2.19.5+dfsg-4 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2024-10-30] botan 2.19.5+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-10-26] Accepted botan 2.19.5+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2024-09-12] botan 2.19.5+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-09-07] Accepted botan 2.19.5+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2024-07-15] botan 2.19.5+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-07-12] Accepted botan 2.19.5+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2024-02-28] botan 2.19.4+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-02-22] Accepted botan 2.19.4+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2022-11-20] botan 2.19.3+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-11-17] Accepted botan 2.19.3+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2022-07-14] botan 2.19.2+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-07-14] botan 2.19.2+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-06-18] Accepted botan 2.19.2+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2022-05-24] botan 2.19.1+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-05-18] Accepted botan 2.19.1+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2022-02-03] botan 2.19.1+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-01-29] Accepted botan 2.19.1+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2022-01-24] Accepted botan 2.19.1+dfsg-1 (source amd64 all) into experimental, experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2021-10-31] botan 2.18.2+dfsg-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-10-25] Accepted botan 2.18.2+dfsg-1 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2021-09-10] botan 2.18.1+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-09-07] Accepted botan 2.18.1+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2021-09-06] Accepted botan 2.18.1+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2021-08-19] Accepted botan 2.18.1+dfsg-1 (source amd64 all) into experimental, experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2021-08-16] botan 2.17.3+dfsg-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-03-07] Accepted botan 2.17.3+dfsg-3 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
  • [2021-03-01] botan 2.17.3+dfsg-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-02-18] Accepted botan 2.17.3+dfsg-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
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  • all: 1
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 1
  • M&W: 0
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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