CVE-2024-39312 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-39312: 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 a

Affects 7 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-39312 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

botan→ fixed in2.19.3+dfsg-1+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y botan
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

botan→ fixed in2.19.5+dfsg-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y botan
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

botan→ fixed in2.19.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade botan
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

botan→ fixed in2.19.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade botan
```
botan3→ fixed in3.5.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade botan3
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

botan3→ fixed in3.5.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade botan3
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

botan→ fixed in2.19.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade botan
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

botan→ fixed in2.19.5-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade botan
```

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