PT-2016-5057

CVE-2016-2196

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Published

2016-05-13

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Updated

2016-05-16

Description by

CVSS 2.0
10
Critical
MetricsAV: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.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Related identifiers
CVE-2016-2196
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