CVE-2016-8635

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    CVE-2016-8635

    Published: 1 Aug 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8635

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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