CVE-2022-43705 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Botan before 2.19.3, it is possible to forge OCSP responses due to a certificate verification error. This issue was introduced in Botan 1.11.34 (November 2016).

Published: 2022-11-27

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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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-2022-46687	In Botan before 2.19.3, it is possible to forge OCSP responses due to a certificate verification error. This issue was introduced in Botan 1.11.34 (November 2016).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00164.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/randombit/botan/releases/tag/2.19.3
https://github.com/randombit/botan/security/advisories/GHSA-4v9w-qvcq-6q7w

History

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

Botan Project Botan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-25T19:21:47.339Z

Reserved: 2022-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-43705

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:40:05.991Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-27T04:15:10.237

Modified: 2025-04-25T20:15:32.597

Link: CVE-2022-43705

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-295

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