Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-8871
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 34.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.2
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
Products affected by CVE-2016-8871
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cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.29
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cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.30
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cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.31
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cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.32