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CVE-2016-8871

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Published: Oct 28, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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6.2
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

In Botan 1.11.29 through 1.11.32, RSA decryption with certain padding options had a detectable timing channel which could given sufficient queries be used to recover plaintext, aka an "OAEP side channel" attack.

Affected (4)

Products: Botan Project: Botan
Botan Project
1 product
Botan
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Botan Project
Botan
Version 1.11.29
Botan
Version 1.11.30
Botan
Version 1.11.31
Botan
Version 1.11.32

Related CWEs

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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