CVE-2016-2194

7.5 HIGH

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

Description

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.

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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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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