medium5.3
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.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Network Security Services | from 3.21 through 3.21.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | Versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | Versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | Versions 7.3, 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- 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