What is CVE-2015-7827?

CVE-2015-7827 is a high-severity vulnerability in Botan_project Botan, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-7827?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Botan_project Botan

CVE-2015-7827

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.22 make it easier for remote attackers to conduct million-message attacks by measuring time differences, related to decoding of PKCS#1 padding.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (63.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Botan_project Botan — versions 1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.11.2
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 24
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

FEDORA-2016-a545f81683 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
DSA-3565 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
[botan-devel] 20160428 Botan 1.10.13 released (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7827?: CVE-2015-7827 is a high-severity vulnerability in Botan_project Botan, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-7827?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.