Input validation error in Debian Linux and Botan - CVE-2016-2194

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Input validation error in Debian Linux and Botan - CVE-2016-2194

Published: May 13, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40300
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2194
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Randombit
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Botan

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-2194

Install update from vendor's website.

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