PT-2016-7536 · Mozilla+4 · Nss+4

Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala · Published 2016-11-16 · Updated 2023-02-12 · CVE-2016-8635

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NSS versions 3.21.x

Description A flaw was found in the Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling, making it vulnerable to a small subgroup confinement attack. This allows an attacker to recover private keys by confining the client DH key to a small subgroup of the desired group.

Recommendations For NSS versions 3.21.x, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-358

CWE-320

Related Identifiers

CESA-2016_2779

CVE-2016-8635

RHSA-2016:2779

RHSA-2016_2779

SUSE-SU-2017:1175-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1248-1

USN-3163-1

Affected Products

Centos

Nss

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 55

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1248-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3163-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1175-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8635 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3163-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9074 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8635 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8635 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html · Vendor Advisory