Information disclosure in Debian products - CVE-2015-7827

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Information disclosure in Debian products - CVE-2015-7827

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40301
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7827
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Fedoraproject
Randombit
Debian
Affected software:
Fedora
Debian Linux
Botan

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.22 make it easier for remote attackers to conduct million-message attacks by measuring time differences, related to decoding of PKCS#1 padding.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-7827

Install update from vendor's website.

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