CVE-2016-8635

NameCVE-2016-8635
DescriptionIt 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nss (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:3.26-1+debu8u19fixed
stretch (security)2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u5fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u8fixed
buster, buster (lts)2:3.42.1-1+deb10u9fixed
buster (security)2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8fixed
bullseye2:3.61-1+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)2:3.61-1+deb11u4fixed
bookworm2:3.87.1-1fixed
bookworm (security)2:3.87.1-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2:3.106-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nsssource(unstable)2:3.25-1

Notes

Patch as applied in CentOS (but contains other changes):
https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!nss!/aada6b10b73091276397404059605d13e7548462/SOURCES!moz-1314604.patch
Further info: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391818
Upstream bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314604

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