[SECURITY] Fedora EPEL 6 Update: libtomcrypt-1.17-20.el6
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Sat Aug 31 19:17:57 UTC 2013
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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11179
2013-08-16 15:51:55
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Name : libtomcrypt
Product : Fedora EPEL 6
Version : 1.17
Release : 20.el6
URL : http://www.libtom.org/?page=features&newsitems=5&whatfile=crypt
Summary : A comprehensive, portable cryptographic toolkit
Description :
A comprehensive, modular and portable cryptographic toolkit that provides
developers with a vast array of well known published block ciphers, one-way hash
functions, chaining modes, pseudo-random number generators, public key
cryptography and a plethora of other routines.
Designed from the ground up to be very simple to use. It has a modular and
standard API that allows new ciphers, hashes and PRNGs to be added or removed
without change to the overall end application. It features easy to use functions
and a complete user manual which has many source snippet examples.
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Update Information:
Fixes a bug in mp_prime_next_prime(); makes the doc package noarch.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #615088 - libtommath: weakness in mp_prime_next_prime()
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615088
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update libtomcrypt' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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