Botan up to 2.19.2 OCSP Response certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Botan up to 2.19.2. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component OCSP Response Handler. Such manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-43705. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Botan up to 2.19.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component OCSP Response Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Botan before 2.19.3, it is possible to forge OCSP responses due to a certificate verification error. This issue was introduced in Botan 1.11.34 (November 2016).

The weakness was published 11/27/2022 as GHSA-4v9w-qvcq-6q7w. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-43705 since 10/24/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1587.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.19.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Botan 2.19.3

Timelineinfo

10/24/2022 🔍
11/27/2022 +34 days 🔍
11/27/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/26/2025 +881 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-4v9w-qvcq-6q7w
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-43705 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-43705
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-214430

Entryinfo

Created: 11/27/2022 11:13
Updated: 04/26/2025 04:05
Changes: 11/27/2022 11:13 (41), 12/23/2022 15:59 (11), 04/26/2025 04:05 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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