Upstream information

CVE-2016-2850 at MITRE

Description

Botan 1.11.x before 1.11.29 does not enforce TLS policy for (1) signature algorithms and (2) ECC curves, which allows remote attackers to conduct downgrade attacks via unspecified vectors.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 977420 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 977421 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 Botan Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 Botan Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 Botan Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 Botan Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 Botan Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Apr 27 11:30:22 2016
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:08:05 2023