CVE-2015-7825

moderate-risk

Published 2017-04-10

botan before 1.11.22 improperly validates certificate paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a certificate with a loop in the certificate chain.

Do I need to act?

0.31% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.5/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Botan

Affected Vendors

Botan Project

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311618

Vendor Advisory https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311618

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moderate-risk

Severity 26/34 · High

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal