CVE-2016-8635

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Network Security Services
PublishedAug 1, 2018
First seenAug 1, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-358CWE-358

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla network_security_services3.21 ≤ v ≤ 3.21.4—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop5.0, 6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server5.0, 6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus7.3, 7.4, 7.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus7.3, 7.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation5.0, 6.0, 7.0—

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