cve-2017-2801
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-24 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 14:02
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
A programming error exists in a way Randombit Botan cryptographic library version 2.0.1 implements x500 string comparisons which could lead to certificate verification issues and abuse. A specially crafted X509 certificate would need to be delivered to the client or server application in order to trigger this vulnerability.
References
talos-cna@cisco.comhttp://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0294Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
talos-cna@cisco.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3939
talos-cna@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98106Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0294Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3939
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98106Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
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