Resource Management Errors Affecting botan1.10 package, versions <1.10.8-2+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-BOTAN110-320568
  • published13 May 2016
  • disclosed13 May 2016

Introduced: 13 May 2016

CVE-2015-5727  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 botan1.10 to version 1.10.8-2+deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream botan1.10 package and not the botan1.10 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The BER decoder in Botan 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.11.x before 1.11.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors, related to a length field.