VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-7825
botan before 1.11.22 improperly validates certificate paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a certificate with a loop in the certificate chain.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.04%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
botan before 1.11.22 improperly validates certificate paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a certificate with a loop in the certificate chain.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.04% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- botan project/botan
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311618Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311618Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.