Key Management Errors Affecting nss-util package, versions <0:3.21.3-1.1.el7_3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.19% (57th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NSSUTIL-2074687
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 16 Nov 2016
Introduced: 16 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-8635 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7
nss-util
to version 0:3.21.3-1.1.el7_3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-util
package and not the nss-util
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
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.