It was found that NSS accepted weak Diffie-Hellman Key exchange (DHKE) parameters. This could possibly lead to weak encryption being used in communication between the client and the server.
Find out more about CVE-2014-1491 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) | RHSA-2014:0979 | 2014-07-29 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (nss) | RHSA-2014:1246 | 2014-09-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (nss) | RHSA-2014:0917 | 2014-07-22 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | nss | Not affected |
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