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Debian: CVE-2016-2195: botan1.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2195: botan1.10 -- security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Integer overflow in the PointGFp constructor in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ECC point, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-botan1-10

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