Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-2849

Disclosure Date: May 13, 2016
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.5 High
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Vendors

  • botan project,
  • debian,
  • fedoraproject

Products

  • botan 1.10.12,
  • botan 1.11.0,
  • botan 1.11.1,
  • botan 1.11.10,
  • botan 1.11.11,
  • botan 1.11.12,
  • botan 1.11.13,
  • botan 1.11.14,
  • botan 1.11.15,
  • botan 1.11.16,
  • botan 1.11.17,
  • botan 1.11.18,
  • botan 1.11.19,
  • botan 1.11.2,
  • botan 1.11.20,
  • botan 1.11.21,
  • botan 1.11.22,
  • botan 1.11.23,
  • botan 1.11.24,
  • botan 1.11.25,
  • botan 1.11.26,
  • botan 1.11.27,
  • botan 1.11.28,
  • botan 1.11.3,
  • botan 1.11.4,
  • botan 1.11.5,
  • botan 1.11.6,
  • botan 1.11.7,
  • botan 1.11.8,
  • botan 1.11.9,
  • debian linux 8.0,
  • fedora 24
Technical Analysis