QID 282059

Date Published: 2021-11-24

QID 282059: Fedora Security Update for botan2 (FEDORA-2021-8d51cac49f)

Fedora has released a security update for botan2 to fix the vulnerability.

Affected OS:
Fedora 34



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Malicious users could also use this vulnerability to change partial contents or configuration on the system and information disclosure.Denial of service can appear in some cases too.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.9 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.6 severity.
    • Solution
    Fedora has issued updated packages to fix this vulnerability.

    For more information about the vulnerability and obtaining patches, refer to the following Fedora security advisories:
    Fedora 34 Update

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 282059

    CVE-2021-40529 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    FEDORA-2021-8d51cac49f Fedora 34 URL Logo bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-8d51cac49f
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