CVE-2017-14737

MEDIUM EPSS 23.5%
Published Sep 26, 20178y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 26, 2017 8y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A cryptographic cache-based side channel in the RSA implementation in Botan before 1.10.17, and 1.11.x and 2.x before 2.3.0, allows a local attacker to recover information about RSA secret keys, as demonstrated by CacheD. This occurs because an array is indexed with bits derived from a secret key.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
23.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Affected Products 37

VendorProductVersionRange
botan_projectbotan* ≤1.10.16
botan_projectbotan1.11.0any
botan_projectbotan1.11.1any
botan_projectbotan1.11.2any
botan_projectbotan1.11.3any
botan_projectbotan1.11.4any
botan_projectbotan1.11.5any
botan_projectbotan1.11.6any
botan_projectbotan1.11.7any
botan_projectbotan1.11.8any
botan_projectbotan1.11.9any
botan_projectbotan1.11.10any
botan_projectbotan1.11.11any
botan_projectbotan1.11.12any
botan_projectbotan1.11.13any
botan_projectbotan1.11.14any
botan_projectbotan1.11.15any
botan_projectbotan1.11.16any
botan_projectbotan1.11.17any
botan_projectbotan1.11.18any
botan_projectbotan1.11.19any
botan_projectbotan1.11.20any
botan_projectbotan1.11.21any
botan_projectbotan1.11.22any
botan_projectbotan1.11.23any
botan_projectbotan1.11.24any
botan_projectbotan1.11.25any
botan_projectbotan1.11.26any
botan_projectbotan1.11.27any
botan_projectbotan1.11.28any
botan_projectbotan1.11.33any
botan_projectbotan1.11.34any
botan_projectbotan2.0.0any
botan_projectbotan2.0.1any
botan_projectbotan2.1.0any
botan_projectbotan2.2.0any
debiandebian_linux9.0any

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/randombit/botan/issues/1222
    Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00006.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • usenix.org https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity17/technical-sessions/presentation/wang-shuai
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.