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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-1115
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CVE-2006-1115

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25060

ST
  1015719

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA19137

CONFIRM
  http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded

BID
  17006


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