Information disclosure in Oracle VM Server for x86 and Oracle Linux - CVE-2016-8635

 

Information disclosure in Oracle VM Server for x86 and Oracle Linux - CVE-2016-8635

Published: October 1, 2016 / Updated: June 29, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU4084
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: []
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8635
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

Hubert Kario discovered that NSS incorrectly handled Diffie Hellman client key exchanges. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a small subgroup confinement attack and recover private keys.

Affected software

Oracle VM Server for x86
Oracle Linux
Ubuntu
FlashSystem 900 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1
IBM FlashSystem V9000
IBM Storwize V3500
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700

How to mitigate CVE-2016-8635


IBM FlashSystem V9000 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0
IBM Storwize V3500 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0
IBM Storwize V7000 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0
IBM Storwize V5000 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0
IBM Storwize V3700 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.7, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.0

External References

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