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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-2194

CVE-2016-2194

HIGH7.5

The ressol function in Botan before 1

Published May 13, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

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

http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145449001708138&w=2

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2194

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

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 13, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2016-2194 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence