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CVE-2016-2194

The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop)…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.6%
percentile 85%
Public exploits
0
none known

The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • marc.info /?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=botan-devel&m=145449001708138&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3565 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201612-38 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • botan.randombit.net /security.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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