CVE-2015-7827

7.5 HIGH

Published: May 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.4%

63th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

debian botan_project fedoraproject

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