CVE-2016-2849
N/A
Published: May 13, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraBotan
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use a constant-time algorithm to perform a modular inverse on the signature nonce k, which might allow remote attackers to obtain ECDSA secret keys via a timing side-channel attack.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183669.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=146185420505943&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-23Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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