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CVE-2016-6878

Published: 10 April 2017

The Curve25519 code in botan before 1.11.31, on systems without a native 128-bit integer type, might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to undefined behavior, as demonstrated on 32-bit ARM systems compiled by Clang.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
I'm marking our packages as not-affected due to:
"Introduced in 1.11.12, fixed in 1.11.31"

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
botan1.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Not vulnerable

precise Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

botan1.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Not vulnerable

precise Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H