CVE-2017-2801

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2801
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2801.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2801
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-05-24T14:29:00.537Z
Modified
2026-07-08T15:11:13.372096Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A programming error exists in a way Randombit Botan cryptographic library version 2.0.1 implements x500 string comparisons which could lead to certificate verification issues and abuse. A specially crafted X509 certificate would need to be delivered to the client or server application in order to trigger this vulnerability.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/randombit/botan

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/randombit/botan
Events
Introduced
55a1d935e736716480407378565939b9e6c829b9
Last affected
55a1d935e736716480407378565939b9e6c829b9
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.0.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2801.json"