CVE catalog
CVE-2017-14737
Security update for Botan
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 4.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.32% · Oct 25, 2026
A cryptographic cache-based side channel in the RSA implementation in Botan before 1.10.17, and 1.11.x and 2.x before 2.3.0, allows a local attacker to recover information about RSA secret keys, as demonstrated by CacheD. This occurs because an array is indexed with bits derived from a secret key.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | botan1.10 | pro | 1.10.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | botan1.10 | pro | 1.10.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | botan1.10 | pro | 1.10.5-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | botan1.10 | pro | 1.10.5-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | botan1.10 | 16.04 | 1.10.10-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | botan1.10 | 16.04 | 1.10.12-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | botan1.10 | 9 | 1.10.16-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | botan1.10 | 9 | 1.10.17-0.1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | botan1.10 | 9 | 1.10.17-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| Debian | botan1.10 | 7 | 1.10.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | botan1.10 | 7 | 1.10.5-1+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | botan1.10 | 7 | 1.10.5-1+deb7u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | botan1.10 | 7 | 1.10.5-1+deb7u3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | botan1.10 | 7 | 1.10.5-1+deb7u4 | fixed |
| Suse | Botan | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp2 | 1.10.9-4.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | Botan | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp3 | 1.10.9-4.3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | botan1.10 | deb | pro | 1.10.5-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14737 | Not reported |
| Debian | botan1.10 | deb | 9 | 1.10.17-1+deb9u1 | Not reported | DLA-2812-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | botan1.10 | deb | 7 | 1.10.5-1+deb7u4 | Not reported | DLA-1125-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | Botan | rpm | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp2 | 1.10.9-4.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:2855-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | Botan | rpm | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp3 | 1.10.9-4.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:2855-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_2855-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1125-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2812-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:2855-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14737]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]