CVE-2021-24115

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

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://botan.randombit.net/news.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/randombit/botan/compare/2.17.2...2.17.3	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/randombit/botan/pull/2549	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

26 Feb 2021, 12:38

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://botan.randombit.net/news.html -~~	(CONFIRM) https://botan.randombit.net/news.html - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/randombit/botan/compare/2.17.2...2.17.3 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/randombit/botan/compare/2.17.2...2.17.3 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/randombit/botan/pull/2549 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/randombit/botan/pull/2549 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan::::::::
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 7.5 v3 : 9.8

22 Feb 2021, 02:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-02-22 02:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41

NVD link : CVE-2021-24115

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24115

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24115

JSON object : View

Products Affected

botan_project

botan

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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