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CVE-2016-2849

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use a constant-time algorithm to perform a modular inverse on the signature nonce k, w

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Summary

Botan before 1.10.13 and 1.11.x before 1.11.29 do not use a constant-time algorithm to perform a modular inverse on the signature nonce k, which might allow remote attackers to obtain ECDSA secret keys via a timing side-channel attack.

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 5

lists.fedoraproject.org

debian.org

marc.info

security.gentoo.org

botan.randombit.net