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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:30:40 +0100
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Subject: Re: CVE-2025-13151 and Cygwin package libtasn1_6
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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.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Achim.

Thanks Achim,

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.

Regards
Marco


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