CVE-2006-1115

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Ncipher Chil: all versions
Ncipher Mscapi Csp: 5.50, 5.54
Ncipher Software Cd: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19137
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015719
http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17006
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25060
http://secunia.com/advisories/19137
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015719
http://www.ncipher.com/resources/95/sa12_insecure_generation_of_diffiehellman_keys
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427146/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17006

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