Security Advisory

CVE-2016-2849

7.5
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

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.
Published Date May 13, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory