CVE-2016-8635
Mozilla NSS Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Small Subgroup Confinement
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 1, 2018, 1:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 12, 2023, 11:26 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-8635 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-8635.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2016-8635 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 11, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-358 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-320 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.21 up to (including) 3.21.4 Added CPE Configuration 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.19 }} -0.07%
score
0.57201
percentile