SSL/TLS: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Insufficient DH Group Strength Vulnerability

Here is more details are reported by OpenVas:

Summary

The SSL/TLS service uses Diffie-Hellman groups with insufficient strength (key size < 2048).

Detection Result

Server Temporary Key Size: 1024 bits

Insight

The Diffie-Hellman group are some big numbers that are used as base for the DH computations. They can be, and often are, fixed. The security of the final secret depends on the size of these parameters. It was found that 512 and 768 bits to be weak, 1024 bits to be breakable by really powerful attackers like governments.

Detection Method

Checks the DHE temporary public key size.

Impact

An attacker might be able to decrypt the SSL/TLS communication offline.

Solution

Solution Type:

Workaround

Deploy (Ephemeral) Elliptic-Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDHE) or use a 2048-bit or stronger Diffie-Hellman group (see the references). For Apache Web Servers: Beginning with version 2.4.7, mod_ssl will use DH parameters which include primes with lengths of more than 1024 bits.

References

Other https://weakdh.org/https://weakdh.org/sysadmin.html

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