CVE-2017-5462 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.3