CVE-2016-2850
N/A
Published: May 13, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraBotan
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Botan 1.11.x before 1.11.29 does not enforce TLS policy for (1) signature algorithms and (2) ECC curves, which allows remote attackers to conduct downgrade attacks via unspecified vectors.
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 (4)
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=145852488622892&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-23Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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