Vulnerability CVE-2016-8635


Published: 2018-08-01

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-320

(Key Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Mozilla -> Network security services 

 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

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