CVE-2017-7252 Information

Description

bcrypt password hashing in Botan before 2.1.0 does not correctly handle passwords with a length between 57 and 72 characters which makes it easier for attackers to determine the cleartext password.

Reference

https://botan.randombit.net/security.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034591