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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. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to...

MediumCVSS 5.3 EPSS 2.6%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/firefox-esr(Debian:12) < 45.9.0esr-1 45.9.0esr-1
debian/firefox-esr(Debian:13) < 45.9.0esr-1 45.9.0esr-1
debian/firefox-esr(Debian:14) < 45.9.0esr-1 45.9.0esr-1
debian/nss(Debian:12) < 2:3.26.2-1.1 2:3.26.2-1.1
debian/nss(Debian:13) < 2:3.26.2-1.1 2:3.26.2-1.1
debian/nss(Debian:14) < 2:3.26.2-1.1 2:3.26.2-1.1
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed
mozilla Firefox < 45.9.0 45.9.0
mozilla Firefox < 53.0 53.0
mozilla Firefox = 52.0 No fix listed
mozilla network security services < 3.28.4 3.28.4
mozilla Thunderbird < 52.1.0 52.1.0
alpine/nss(Alpine:v3.3) < 3.23-r1 3.23-r1
alpine/nss(Alpine:v3.4) < 3.23-r1 3.23-r1
mozilla Thunderbird < 52.1 52.1
mozilla firefox esr < 45.9 45.9
mozilla firefox esr < 52.1 52.1
mozilla Firefox < 53 53

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