CVE-2016-8635medium
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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.
References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-08-01
Updated: 2019-10-09
Type: CWE-320
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from 3.21 to 3.21.4 (inclusive)
Configuration 2
OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100151 | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss, mozilla-nspr, java-1_8_0-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2017:1248-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 99992 | SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss, mozilla-nspr (SUSE-SU-2017:1175-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 99843 | EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : nss, nss-util (EulerOS-SA-2016-1084) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 96643 | GLSA-201701-46 : Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple vulnerabilities (Logjam) (SLOTH) | Nessus | Gentoo Local Security Checks | high |
| 96304 | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : nss vulnerabilities (USN-3163-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 95894 | Amazon Linux AMI : nss-util / nss,nss-softokn (ALAS-2016-774) | Nessus | Amazon Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 95052 | Scientific Linux Security Update : nss and nss-util on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20161116) | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 94981 | CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : nss / nss-util (CESA-2016:2779) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
| 94931 | OracleVM 3.2 : nss (OVMSA-2016-0160) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | medium |
| 94930 | OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : nssnss-util (OVMSA-2016-0159) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | high |
| 94927 | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : nss / nss-util (ELSA-2016-2779) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 94912 | RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : nss and nss-util (RHSA-2016:2779) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |