#VU40303 Input validation error in Botan and Debian Linux - CVE-2015-5726
Published: May 13, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40303
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5726
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Botan
Debian Linux
Botan
Debian Linux
Software vendor:
Randombit
Debian
Randombit
Debian
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The BER decoder in Botan 0.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.11.x before 1.11.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty BIT STRING in ASN.1 data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.