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

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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

Published Mar 9, 2006

2.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.18%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (7)

http://secunia.com/advisories/19137
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015719
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17006
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0862
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25060
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19137		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015719		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17006		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0862		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25060		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 9, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 9, 2006

Link CVE-2006-1115

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-1115

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-1115