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
| Link | Resource |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2018-08-01 13:29
Updated : 2019-10-09 23:20
NVD link : CVE-2016-8635
Mitre link : CVE-2016-8635
JSON object : View
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_server_tus
- enterprise_linux_server
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
mozilla
- network_security_services
CWE
CWE-320
Key Management Errors
