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CVE-2016-2849
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-13T14:59:10.713 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:35.343

Summary

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use a constant-time algorithm to perform a modular inverse on the signature nonce k, which might allow remote attackers to obtain ECDSA secret keys via a timing side-channel attack.

Affected products

debian — debian_linux

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References

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