CVE-2016-8871
Published: 28 October 2016
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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seth-arnold |
marking not-affected per upstream's version numbers |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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botan1.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
yakkety |
Not vulnerable
|
|
botan1.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
yakkety |
Does not exist
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 6.2 |
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 |