Improper Input Validation Affecting botan package, versions [,1.11.29)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BOTAN-2370634
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 May 2016

CVE-2016-2850  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade botan to version 1.11.29 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Botan 1.11.x before 1.11.29 does not enforce TLS policy for (1) signature algorithms and (2) ECC curves, which allows remote attackers to conduct downgrade attacks via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Scores

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