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botan -- cryptographic vulnerability

Affected packages
botan110 < 1.10.8

Details

VuXML ID f771880c-31cf-11e6-8e82-002590263bf5
Discovery 2014-04-11
Entry 2016-06-14

MITRE reports:

The Miller-Rabin primality check in Botan before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.9 improperly uses a single random base, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a DH group.

References

CVE Name CVE-2014-9742