Botan up to 1.10.12/1.11.28 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Botan up to 1.10.12/1.11.28. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-2849. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Botan up to 1.10.12/1.11.28. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 does 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.

The weakness was released 05/13/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-2849 since 03/06/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90969 (Fedora 24 : botan-1.10.13-1.fc24 (2016-a545f81683)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276091 (Fedora Security Update for botan (FEDORA-2016-a545f81683)).

Upgrading to version 1.10.13 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (90969). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-87359, VDB-87364, VDB-87365 and VDB-87366. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• Botan

Version

• 1.10.0
• 1.10.1
• 1.10.2
• 1.10.3
• 1.10.4
• 1.10.5
• 1.10.6
• 1.10.7
• 1.10.8
• 1.10.9
• 1.10.10
• 1.10.11
• 1.10.12
• 1.11.0
• 1.11.1
• 1.11.2
• 1.11.3
• 1.11.4
• 1.11.5
• 1.11.6
• 1.11.7
• 1.11.8
• 1.11.9
• 1.11.10
• 1.11.11
• 1.11.12
• 1.11.13
• 1.11.14
• 1.11.15
• 1.11.16
• 1.11.17
• 1.11.18
• 1.11.19
• 1.11.20
• 1.11.21
• 1.11.22
• 1.11.23
• 1.11.24
• 1.11.25
• 1.11.26
• 1.11.27
• 1.11.28

License

• open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 90969
Nessus Name: Fedora 24 : botan-1.10.13-1.fc24 (2016-a545f81683)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for botan FEDORA-2016-fe0d8f126a
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Botan 1.10.13

Timelineinfo

03/06/2016 🔍
05/07/2016 +62 days 🔍
05/09/2016 +2 days 🔍
05/13/2016 +4 days 🔍
05/13/2016 +0 days 🔍
05/16/2016 +3 days 🔍
08/19/2022 +2286 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-a545f81683
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2849 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2849
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87396

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2016 09:41
Updated: 08/19/2022 13:24
Changes: 05/16/2016 09:41 (62), 11/26/2018 10:11 (11), 08/19/2022 13:24 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:5E4:103

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