Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.
Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94225nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- botan.randombit.net/security.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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