CVE-2015-7825

Publication date 10 April 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
botan1.10 15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

seth-arnold

"Introduced in 1.11.6, fixed in 1.11.22"

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H