CVE-2006-1115

nCipher HSM before 2.22.6, when generating a Diffie-Hellman public/private key pair without any specified DiscreteLogGroup parameters, chooses random parameters that could allow an attacker to crack the private key in significantly less time than a brute force attack.

CVSS v2.0 2.6 LOW

2.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/19137	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015719	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17006	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25060
http://secunia.com/advisories/19137	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015719	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17006	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25060

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:chil::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:mscapi_csp:5.50:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:mscapi_csp:5.54:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:ncipher_software_cd::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-03-09 13:06

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2006-1115

Mitre link : CVE-2006-1115

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-1115

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ncipher

ncipher_software_cd
mscapi_csp
chil

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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