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Improper Authentication Affecting nss-util package, versions <0:3.53.1-1.58.amzn1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.31% (70th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-NSSUTIL-1726379
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 8 Jan 2020
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Introduced: 8 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-17023 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-287 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 nss-util to version 0:3.53.1-1.58.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2021-1522.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-util package and not the nss-util package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

After a HelloRetryRequest has been sent, the client may negotiate a lower protocol that TLS 1.3, resulting in an invalid state transition in the TLS State Machine. If the client gets into this state, incoming Application Data records will be ignored. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 72.