CVE-2016-2849
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.028 · 86 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use a constant-time algorithm to perform a modular inverse on the signature nonce k, which might allow remote attackers to obtain ECDSA secret keys via a timing side-channel attack.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (33)
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also known as (3)
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references (14)
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- http://botan.randombit.net/security.htmlcnnvd
- http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=146185420505943&w=2cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=33970cnnvd
- http://botan.randombit.net/security.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183669.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=146185420505943&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565enisa_euvd
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