Randombit Botan Cryptographic Library 2.0.1 Certificate Verification X.509 Certificate out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Randombit Botan Cryptographic Library 2.0.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Certificate Verification. This manipulation as part of X.509 Certificate causes out-of-bounds. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2801. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Randombit Botan Cryptographic Library 2.0.1 (Software Library) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Certificate Verification. The manipulation as part of a X.509 Certificate leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A programming error exists in a way Randombit Botan cryptographic library version 2.0.1 implements x500 string comparisons which could lead to certificate verification issues and abuse. A specially crafted X509 certificate would need to be delivered to the client or server application in order to trigger this vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 04/28/2017. The weakness was shared 05/24/2017 by Aleksandar Nikolic with Cisco Talos (Website). The advisory is shared at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-2801 since 12/01/2016. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99672 (Debian DLA-915-1 : botan1.10 security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169971 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Botan (SUSE-SU-2017:1222-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99672) and SecurityFocus (BID 98106†). The entries VDB-87359, VDB-87364, VDB-87365 and VDB-87366 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 99672
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-915-1 : botan1.10 security update
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OpenVAS ID: 53676
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3939-1 (botan1.10 - security update)
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12/01/2016 🔍
04/25/2017 +145 days 🔍
04/26/2017 +1 days 🔍
04/28/2017 +2 days 🔍
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05/24/2017 +26 days 🔍
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05/25/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/07/2022 +2022 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: talosintelligence.com
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-2801 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2801
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101749

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SecurityFocus: 98106 - Randombit Botan CVE-2017-2801 Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2801 - Botan - Certificate Validation Bypass Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/25/2017 09:48
Updated: 12/07/2022 10:49
Changes: 05/25/2017 09:48 (75), 10/02/2020 18:24 (8), 12/07/2022 10:49 (14)
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