CVE-2021-24115 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Botan before 2.17.3, constant-time computations are not used for certain decoding and encoding operations (base32, base58, base64, and hex).

Published: 2021-02-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11030	In Botan before 2.17.3, constant-time computations are not used for certain decoding and encoding operations (base32, base58, base64, and hex).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00711.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://botan.randombit.net/news.html
https://github.com/randombit/botan/compare/2.17.2...2.17.3
https://github.com/randombit/botan/pull/2549

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Botan Project Botan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-02-22T01:57:58.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:21:18.299Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24115

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-22T02:15:14.180

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:23.223

Link: CVE-2021-24115

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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