CVE - CVE-2016-8635

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-8635	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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MISC:94346 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346 MISC:GLSA-201701-46 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 MISC:RHSA-2016:2779 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20161012	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161012)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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