CVE-2016-2194

Description

The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.70% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory randombit.net Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 mailing list vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145449001708138&w=2 mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38 vendor advisory
http://botan.randombit.net/security.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2194?
CVE-2016-2194 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2194?
To fix CVE-2016-2194, 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-2016-2194 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-2194 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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