CVE-2014-9742

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Miller-Rabin primality check in Botan before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.9 improperly uses a single random base, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a DH group.

The Miller-Rabin primality check in Botan before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.9 improperly uses a single random base, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a DH group.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Botan

First reported 8 years ago

2016-05-13 14:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-05-16 14:46:00

Affected Software

Botan 1.11.0

1.11.0

Botan 1.11.1

1.11.1

Botan 1.11.2

1.11.2

Botan 1.11.3

1.11.3

Botan 1.11.4

1.11.4

Botan 1.11.5

1.11.5

Botan 1.11.6

1.11.6

Botan 1.11.7

1.11.7

Botan 1.11.8

1.11.8

References

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

Vendor Advisory

[botan-devel] 20140411 Security Notification: Botan 1.10.8 + 1.11.9 released

Vendor Advisory

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