CVE-2016-2850 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass TLS security policies to conduct downgrade attacks against applications using the Botan library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-2850?
CVE-2016-2850 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Botan 1.11.x before 1.11.29 does not enforce TLS policy for (1) signature algorithms and (2) ECC curves, which allows remote attackers to conduct downgrade attacks via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2850?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Botan Project Botan, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2850?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2850 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-2850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q2v2-6g2j-qv56.