Bug#1107697: libcryptx-perl: CVE-2025-40914

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libcryptx-perl
Version: 0.085-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
Control: found -1 0.077-1

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libcryptx-perl.

CVE-2025-40914[0]:
| Perl CryptX before version 0.087 contains a dependency that may be
| susceptible to an integer overflow.  CryptX embeds a version of the
| libtommath library that is susceptible to an integer overflow
| associated with CVE-2023-36328.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40914
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40914
[1] https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/30332012/
[2] https://github.com/libtom/libtommath/pull/546
[3] https://github.com/DCIT/perl-CryptX/security/advisories/GHSA-6fh3-7qjq-8v22

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore