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CVE-2016-8635


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.


Published

2018-08-01T13:29:00.217

Last Modified

2024-11-21T02:59:43.907

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-358
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-320

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla network_security_services ≤ 3.21.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.3 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.3 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 Yes

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