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Debian: CVE-2016-8635: nss -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-8635: nss -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/01/2018
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-nss

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