CVE-2015-7826

Description

botan 1.11.x before 1.11.22 improperly handles wildcard matching against hostnames, which might allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a valid X.509 certificate, as demonstrated by accepting *.example.com as a match for bar.foo.example.com.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.43%
Vendor Advisory randombit.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311620 issue tracking vdb entry third party advisory
https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7826?
CVE-2015-7826 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7826?
To fix CVE-2015-7826, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7826 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-7826 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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