CVE-2011-1923 in PolarSSL

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.

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• Reservation: 05/09/2011
• Disclosure: 06/20/2012
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-61038 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-310 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.8
• EPSS: 0.00357
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1923
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1923
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-1923/