Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-2801 (CCN-125468)

Assigned:2016-12-01
Published:2017-04-28
Updated:2022-04-19
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.6 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)
5.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
5.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-2801

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0294

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3939

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
98106

Source: CCN
Type: BID-98106
Randombit Botan CVE-2017-2801 Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2017-0294
Randombit Botan Library X509 Certificate Validation Bypass Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Botan Web site
Botan: Crypto and TLS for C++11 — Botan

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
randombit-cve20172801-sec-bypass(125468)

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-2801

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:botan_project:botan:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20172801
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801
    2022-09-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111882
    P
    		Botan-2.18.1-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10440
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important) (in QA)
    2022-01-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9879
    P
    		Security update for libsndfile (Important)
    2022-01-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10425
    P
    		Security update for java-1_8_0-ibm (Important) (in QA)
    2022-01-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10378
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-12-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9817
    P
    		Security update for ruby2.5 (Important)
    2021-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10700
    P
    		Security update for ffmpeg (Moderate)
    2021-10-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10158
    P
    		Security update for grilo (Important)
    2021-10-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105462
    P
    		Botan-2.18.1-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10332
    P
    		Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker (Moderate)
    2021-08-27
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10139
    P
    		Security update for djvulibre (Important)
    2021-08-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10322
    P
    		Security update for openexr (Important)
    2021-08-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9771
    P
    		Security update for openexr (Important)
    2021-08-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10310
    P
    		Security update for qemu (Important)
    2021-08-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10309
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-07-27
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10124
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-07-27
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10302
    P
    		Security update for dbus-1 (Important)
    2021-07-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9741
    P
    		Security update for libgcrypt (Important)
    2021-06-24
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17260
    P
    		libjavascriptcoregtk-1_0-0-2.4.11-23.20 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17126
    P
    		libnewt0_52-0.52.16-1.83 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:16235
    P
    		libbotan-1_10-0-1.10.9-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17118
    P
    		libfbembed2_5-2.5.2.26539-13.42 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17253
    P
    		libdirectfb-1_7-1-32bit-1.7.1-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:124501
    P
    		libbotan-1_10-0-1.10.9-4.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11261
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-31.1.0esr-1.20 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17051
    P
    		gcc48-gij-32bit-4.8.5-24.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17134
    P
    		libssh4-0.6.3-11.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:16495
    P
    		libbotan-1_10-0-1.10.9-4.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17228
    P
    		cyrus-sasl-digestmd5-32bit-2.1.26-8.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:11283
    P
    		cvs-1.12.12-181.63 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17082
    P
    		libwmf-0_2-7-0.2.8.4-242.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17168
    P
    		gnome-online-accounts-3.20.5-9.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:16994
    P
    		bash-lang-4.2-75.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10258
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2021-05-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10077
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2021-05-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10062
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2021-04-19
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10233
    P
    		Security update for tomcat (Important)
    2021-04-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9864
    P
    		Security update for python (Moderate)
    2021-03-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9749
    P
    		Security update for nodejs8 (Moderate)
    2021-01-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10300
    P
    		Security update for nodejs8 (Moderate)
    2021-01-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10031
    P
    		Security update for openssl-1_0_0 (Important)
    2020-12-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3961
    P
    		libbotan-1_10-0-1.10.9-4.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17341
    P
    		libgadu3-1.11.4-1.12 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:16875
    P
    		libpulse-devel-5.0-4.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17351
    P
    		libndp0-1.6-2.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17317
    P
    		gcc48-gij-32bit-4.8.5-31.20.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17377
    P
    		libzzip-0-13-0.13.67-10.14.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:16909
    P
    		libvirt-devel-5.1.0-11.10 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17310
    P
    		cyrus-sasl-digestmd5-32bit-2.1.26-8.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:16797
    P
    		libbotan-1_10-0-1.10.9-4.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:16867
    P
    		libplist++-devel-1.12-20.3.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17329
    P
    		imobiledevice-tools-1.2.0-7.31 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:18015
    P
    		Security update for Botan (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10960
    P
    		libXfixes-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17588
    P
    		Security update for postgresql93 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10601
    P
    		sudo-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9998
    P
    		sysconfig on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10001
    P
    		sysvinit-tools on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10722
    P
    		libbotan-1_10-0 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17519
    P
    		Security update for python, python-base, python-doc (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10534
    P
    		libpulse-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:18274
    P
    		Security update for Botan (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9898
    P
    		libopenssl-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10982
    P
    		libbotan-1_10-0 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17610
    P
    		Recommended update for openssl (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10610
    P
    		xfig on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10040
    P
    		bash-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10009
    P
    		vino on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17989
    P
    		Security update for rrdtool (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17576
    P
    		Security update for wireshark (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10559
    P
    		libvirt-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9973
    P
    		python-cupshelpers on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:17487
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10459
    P
    		krb5-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:18248
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10623
    P
    		alsa-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10049
    P
    		dbus-1-glib-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201728010000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-05-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20172801000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2017-05-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20172801000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-05-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201728010000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-05-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20172801000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-05-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20172801000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-05-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201728010000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-05-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20172801000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-05-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20172801000
    V
    		CVE-2017-2801 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2017-04-13
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