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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-2194

The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.

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CVE-2016-2194

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 May 2016, 14:59 UTC

The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.

osv:CVE-2016-2194
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2194",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-2194",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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          }
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:53.578712237Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437957,
  "published_at": "2016-05-13T14:59:07.697+00:00"
}