medium5.3
CVE-2017-5462
A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 45.9.0 before 53.0 Version 52.0 |
| Mozilla | Network Security Services | before 3.28.4 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 52.1.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/