Commit 24b51ab61c for openssl.org
commit 24b51ab61c39a71343cf81de057354dc6406ab0d
Author: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Date: Fri Jan 23 16:29:59 2026 +0100
Fix typo in CHANGES and NEWS entry for CVE-2019-1551
Fixes #12977
Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Nikola Pajkovsky <nikolap@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
MergeDate: Tue Feb 3 08:56:59 2026
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29740)
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c2193abbd3..b8452c0454 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3595,7 +3595,7 @@ breaking changes, and mappings for the large list of deprecated functions.
*Richard Levitte*
- * Fixed an overflow bug in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure
+ * Fixed an overflow bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure
used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli. No EC algorithms are
affected. Analysis suggests that attacks against 2-prime RSA1024,
3-prime RSA1536, and DSA1024 as a result of this defect would be very
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 30542709ce..2d5418aaf2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ OpenSSL 1.1.1
### Major changes between OpenSSL 1.1.1d and OpenSSL 1.1.1e [17 Mar 2020]
- * Fixed an overflow bug in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure
+ * Fixed an overflow bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure
used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli ([CVE-2019-1551])
### Major changes between OpenSSL 1.1.1c and OpenSSL 1.1.1d [10 Sep 2019]