SB2017041012 - Key management errors in Randombit Botan 



SB2017041012 - Key management errors in Randombit Botan

Published: April 10, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2017041012
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Key management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6879)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The X509_Certificate::allowed_usage function in botan 1.11.x before 1.11.31 might allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging a call with more than one Key_Usage set in the enum value.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.