CVE-2021-24115

published 2021-02-22

CVE-2021-24115: In Botan before 2.17.3, constant-time computations are not used for certain decoding and encoding operations (base32, base58, base64, and hex).

Priority P3 46 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

In Botan before 2.17.3, constant-time computations are not used for certain decoding and encoding operations (base32, base58, base64, and hex).

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
botan_project	botan	< 2.17.3	2.17.3
botan_project	botan	>= 0 < 2.17.3+dfsg-1	2.17.3+dfsg-1
botan_project	botan	>= 0 < 2.17.3+dfsg-1	2.17.3+dfsg-1
botan_project	botan	>= 0 < 2.17.3+dfsg-1	2.17.3+dfsg-1
debian	botan	< botan 2.17.3+dfsg-1 (bookworm)	botan 2.17.3+dfsg-1 (bookworm)

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 9.8 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 9.8 CRITICAL

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