CVE-2006-1115

high

Description

nCipher HSM before 2.22.6, when generating a Diffie-Hellman public/private key pair without any specified DiscreteLogGroup parameters, chooses random parameters that could allow an attacker to crack the private key in significantly less time than a brute force attack.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25060

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0862

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17006

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded

http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015719

http://secunia.com/advisories/19137

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-03-09

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0054