Name: CVE-2014-9742: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-9742, CWE-310, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00281

The Miller-Rabin primality check in Botan before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.9 improperly uses a single random base, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a DH group.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade botan1.10	Mar 31, 2017	Apr 30, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade botan110	Dec 10, 2025	Jun 14, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade libbotan-1_10-0Upgrade libbotan-devel	May 9, 2017	May 13, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade botan1.10	Nov 19, 2024	May 13, 2016

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CVSS Details

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