Information disclosure in Botan Project
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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Botan Project — versions 1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.11.2
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 24
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183669.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565 (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- botan.randombit.net/security.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7827?
- CVE-2015-7827 is a high-severity vulnerability in Botan Project, 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.