UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2196

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2196

    Published: 13 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2196

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the P-521 reduction function in Botan 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2196, http://botan.randombit.net/security.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2196

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: botan1.10

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.5-1ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    1.10.5-1

    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