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CVE-2015-7827 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2015-7827

CVE-2015-7827

HIGH7.5

Botan before 1

Published May 13, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.22 make it easier for remote attackers to conduct million-message attacks by measuring time differences, related to decoding of PKCS#1 padding.

References

http://botan.randombit.net/security.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183669.html

http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=146185420505943&w=2

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7827

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

7.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 13, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024