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CVE-2016-8871

In Botan 1.11.29 through 1.11.32, RSA decryption with certain padding options had a detectable timing channel which could given sufficient queries be used to recover plaintext, aka an "OAEP side channel" attack.

  • Published: Oct 28, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-8871
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
botan_project / botan 1.11.32 1.11.32.x
botan_project / botan 1.11.30 1.11.30.x
botan_project / botan 1.11.29 1.11.29.x
botan_project / botan 1.11.31 1.11.31.x