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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-8635

CVE-2016-8635

MEDIUM5.3

It was found that Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling in NSS 3

Published Aug 1, 2018

Modified 1 years ago

Details

It was found that Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling in NSS 3.21.x was vulnerable to small subgroup confinement attack. An attacker could use this flaw to recover private keys by confining the client DH key to small subgroup of the desired group.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8635

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

5.3/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

Other

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 1, 2018

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2016-8635 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence