PT-2016-5057 · Botan · Botan

Published 2016-05-13 · Updated 2016-05-16 · CVE-2016-2196

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Botan versions 1.11.x through 1.11.26

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the P-521 reduction function, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For Botan versions 1.11.x through 1.11.26, update to version 1.11.27 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2196

Affected Products

Botan

References · 7

• http://botan.randombit.net/security.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2196 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2196 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2196 · Security Note