CVE-2015-7825

botan before 1.11.22 improperly validates certificate paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a certificate with a loop in the certificate chain.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311618	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-04-10 15:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2015-7825

Mitre link : CVE-2015-7825

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-7825

JSON object : View

Products Affected

botan_project

botan

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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