CVE-2011-1923 (GCVE-0-2011-1923)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-20 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The Diffie-Hellman key-exchange implementation in dhm.c in PolarSSL before 0.14.2 does not properly validate a public parameter, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain the shared secret key by modifying network traffic, a related issue to CVE-2011-5095.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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Date Public
2011-02-25 00:00
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