CVE-2016-8871

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 6.2
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8871
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-10-28T15:59:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-29T19:20:27
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.2
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://botan.randombit.net/security.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94225 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8871
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8871
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:03:39 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:55:29 2016-10-28T15:59Z 2016-10-28T15:59:15 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:55:29 2016-11-29T19:20:27 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:55:29 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated