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CVE-2014-9742

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
Publication date:
13/05/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.10.7 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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