Botan up to 2.0.x weak password hash

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Botan up to 2.0.x. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to weak password hash. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-7252. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Botan up to 2.0.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak password hash vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-916. The product generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking attacks infeasible or expensive. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

bcrypt password hashing in Botan before 2.1.0 does not correctly handle passwords with a length between 57 and 72 characters, which makes it easier for attackers to determine the cleartext password.

The weakness was presented 11/03/2023. The advisory is available at botan.randombit.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7252 since 03/24/2017. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Weak password hash
CWE: CWE-916 / CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Botan 2.1.0

Timelineinfo

03/24/2017 🔍
11/03/2023 +2415 days 🔍
11/03/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/30/2023 +27 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: botan.randombit.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-7252 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7252
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-244418

Entryinfo

Created: 11/03/2023 07:39
Updated: 11/30/2023 15:50
Changes: 11/03/2023 07:39 (38), 11/30/2023 15:50 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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