What is CVE-2011-1923?

CVE-2011-1923 is a vulnerability in Polarssl, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2012-06-20.

Is CVE-2011-1923 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Polarssl

CVE-2011-1923

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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Polarssl — versions 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.11.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-1923?: CVE-2011-1923 is a vulnerability in Polarssl, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2012-06-20.
Is CVE-2011-1923 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.