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Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-8871

CVE-2016-8871

Description

In Botan 1.11.29 through 1.11.32, RSA decryption with certain padding options had a detectable timing channel which could given sufficient queries be used to recover plaintext, aka an "OAEP side channel" attack.

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Affected products

5
  • Botan Project/Botan5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 1.11.29 - 1.11.32

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