CVE-2017-7252

high

Description

bcrypt password hashing in Botan before 2.1.0 does not correctly handle passwords with a length between 57 and 72 characters, which makes it easier for attackers to determine the cleartext password.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-16283

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034591

https://botan.randombit.net/security.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-11-03

Updated: 2023-11-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N