Key Management Errors Affecting nss package, versions <2:3.25-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.19% (57th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-NSS-421267
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 1 Aug 2018
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 nss to version 2:3.25-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss package and not the nss package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8635
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2779.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94346
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8635
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