CVE-2016-2194

high-risk
Published 2016-05-13

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Debian Botan Project

References (10)

Vendor Advisory http://botan.randombit.net/security.html
Vendor Advisory http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2
Vendor Advisory 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
Vendor Advisory http://botan.randombit.net/security.html
Vendor Advisory http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2
Vendor Advisory 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
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 22/34 · High