CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7252
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-319
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.
Affected configurations
• botan project botan (>= 1.11.0 < 2.1.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information weakness
References
- https://botan.randombit.net/security.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034591 Issue Tracking
- https://botan.randombit.net/security.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034591 Issue Tracking