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 v4.0:
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8635
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Oracle VM Server for x86
Oracle Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-8635


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