Re: CVE-2025-13151 and Cygwin package libtasn1_6

marco atzeri via Cygwin <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2026, 10:22 Brian Inglis via Cygwin, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 2026-01-22 13:30, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote:
> > On 22/01/2026 18:46, ASSI via Cygwin wrote:
> >> Marco Atzeri via Cygwin writes:
> >>> On 22/01/2026 17:50, FOPPE, JEFFREY B CIV USAF AFMC AFLCMC/WFRQ via
> >>> Cygwin wrote:
> >>>> CVE-2025-13151 points out a vulnerability in libtasn1 versions 4.20
> >>>> and earlier.  The version provided through Cygwin is much earlier.
> >>>> It doesn't look like this package has been updated since 2019 and is
> >>>> listed as Orphaned.  A lot of other packages seem to depend on it.
> >>>> Does anyone know if a developer will look at updating this?
> >>
> >>> Looking on it
> >>
> >> It looks like it'll be a few more days before the release is done
> >> upstream.
>
> > My understanding is that 4.21.0 is safe from this
> >
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2026-01/msg00001.html
> >
> > I am testing the package build on Scallywag
> > https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi
> >
> > Locally it passed all tests.
>
> Could also do with an update to gnutls 3.8.11?
>

I will look during weekend

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