CVE-2016-8871
Publication date 28 October 2016
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
In Botan 1.11.29 through 1.11.32, RSA decryption with certain padding options had a detectable timing channel which could given sufficient queries be used to recover plaintext, aka an "OAEP side channel" attack.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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botan1.10 | ||
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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botan1.8 | ||
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Notes
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.2 · Medium |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |