Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-2194 is a denial-of-service flaw in the Botan cryptography library. A remote attacker could make affected Botan versions enter an infinite loop through unspecified input handled by OS2ECP. The available sources do not show active exploitation or a CVSS score. Exposure is most likely in applications, appliances, or Linux packages that embed or link Botan versions older than the fixed branches. Internet-facing services using affected Botan cryptographic parsing paths would carry the highest operational risk. Handle as a targeted availability risk. Prioritize confirming Botan exposure and updating externally reachable systems, but avoid emergency assumptions because severity scoring and active exploitation evidence are absent from the provided sources. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Botan beyond the affected versions identified in the CVE record.; Apply Debian, Gentoo, or other distribution security updates where Botan is OS-packaged.; Inventory statically linked or vendored Botan copies in applications and appliances..
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- GLSA-201612-38CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
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