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CVE-2014-9742 (GCVE-0-2014-9742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55
VLAI
Summary
The Miller-Rabin primality check in Botan before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.9 improperly uses a single random base, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a DH group.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://botan.randombit.net/security.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=139717503205066&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2014-04-10 00:00
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