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FreeBSD: botan -- cryptographic vulnerability (CVE-2014-9742)

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FreeBSD: botan -- cryptographic vulnerability (CVE-2014-9742)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/15/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-botan110

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