CVE-2016-8635

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-08-01
Impact:	None	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2016-8635 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.9
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)	ELSA-2016-2779	2016-11-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (nss)	ELSA-2016-2779	2016-11-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (nss-util)	ELSA-2016-2779	2016-11-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (nss)	ELSA-2016-2779	2016-11-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (nss-util)	ELSA-2016-2779	2016-11-16
Oracle VM version 3.2 (nss)	OVMSA-2016-0160	2016-11-16
Oracle VM version 3.3 (nss)	OVMSA-2016-0159	2016-11-16
Oracle VM version 3.3 (nss-util)	OVMSA-2016-0159	2016-11-16
Oracle VM version 3.4 (nss)	OVMSA-2016-0159	2016-11-16
Oracle VM version 3.4 (nss-util)	OVMSA-2016-0159	2016-11-16