This vulnerability was discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos.
Talos has discovered a vulnerability in the Randombit Botan library. A programming error exists in a way Botan library implements x500 string comparisons which could lead to certificate verification issues and abuse. A specially crafted X509 certificate would need to be delivered to the client or server application in order to trigger this vulnerability. A security advisory was published on the Randombit website to inform users the vulnerability is now fixed in versions 2.1.0 and 1.10.16.
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