CVE-2017-5462

medium

Description

A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox ESR 52.1 has been updated with NSS version 3.28.4. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium