01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-03-09 11:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-03-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5c3afa6a922826e32e19de43828642909d87d3da0677e660ca99ae3ccbba54c0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-0862http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0862
- securitytracker.com1015719http://securitytracker.com/id?1015719
- www.securityfocus.com20060308 nCipher Advisory #12: Insecure Generation of Diffie-Hellman keyshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded
- www.ncipher.comhttp://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys
- www.securityfocus.com17006http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17006
- secunia.com19137http://secunia.com/advisories/19137
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comncipher-hsm-weak-key(25060)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25060