Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use... · CVE-2016-2849 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use a constant-time algorithm to perform a modular inverse on the signature nonce k, which might allow remote attackers to obtain ECDSA secret keys via a timing side-channel attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

May 13, 2016

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022

Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

7.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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