CVE-2015-7825
Botan Certificate Path Validation DoS Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 10, 2017, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 15, 2017, 12:41 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-7825.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311618 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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CVE-2015-7825 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 15, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html">CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')</a> Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3 No Types Assigned https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311618 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311618 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description botan before 1.11.22 improperly validate 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. 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-7825 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-7825
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.14 }} 0.00%
score
0.48001
percentile