CVE-2011-1923

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.

🔗 References (8)

• secalert@redhathttp://polarssl.org/trac/wiki/SecurityAdvisory201101
• secalert@redhathttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/psandqs.pdf
• secalert@redhathttp://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=53360
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46670
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://polarssl.org/trac/wiki/SecurityAdvisory201101
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/psandqs.pdf
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=53360
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46670