{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "talos-cna@cisco.com", "ID": "CVE-2017-2801", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "Botan", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "2.0.1" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "Randombit" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "A programming error exists in a way Randombit Botan cryptographic library version 2.0.1 implements x500 string comparisons which could lead to certificate verification issues and abuse. A specially crafted X509 certificate would need to be delivered to the client or server application in order to trigger this vulnerability." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Certificate validation bypass" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "98106", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98106" }, { "name": "DSA-3939", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3939" }, { "name": "http://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0294", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0294" } ] }, "impact": { "cvss": { "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "Medium", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L", "version": "3.0" } } }