SUSE-SU-2017:2855-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:2855-1

    Published: 26 Oct 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14737

    Summary: Security update for Botan

    Details: This update for Botan fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-14737: A cryptographic cache-based side channel in the RSA implementation in Botan allowed a local attacker to recover information about RSA secret keys, as demonstrated by CacheD. This occured because an array is indexed with bits derived from a secret key (bsc#1060433).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172855-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1060433, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14737

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: Botan

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/Botan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.9-4.3.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High