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Debian: CVE-2016-2849: botan1.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2849: botan1.10 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use a constant-time algorithm to perform a modular inverse on the signature nonce k, which might allow remote attackers to obtain ECDSA secret keys via a timing side-channel attack.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-botan1-10

References

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