CVE-2016-8635

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.

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.

Se ha descubierto que el manejo del intercambio de claves de cliente Diffie Hellman en NSS 3.21.x era vulnerable a un ataque de confinamiento de subgrupo pequeño. Un atacante podría emplear este error para recuperar claves privadas confinando la clave DH del cliente en un subgrupo pequeño del grupo deseado.