CVE-2011-1923
mediumpriority · track · 16EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.4–4.3
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affected products (11)
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references (13)
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- http://polarssl.org/trac/wiki/SecurityAdvisory201101cnnvd
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/psandqs.pdfcnnvd
- http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=53360cnnvd
- http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=53360Patchcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46670cnnvd
- http://polarssl.org/trac/wiki/SecurityAdvisory201101enisa_euvd
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/psandqs.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=53360enisa_euvd
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