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Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nss-sysinit package, versions *

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.3% (70th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NSSSYSINIT-2833918
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 30 Mar 2015
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Introduced: 30 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-2808 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-327 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 nss-sysinit.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-sysinit package and not the nss-sysinit package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, does not properly combine state data with key data during the initialization phase, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct plaintext-recovery attacks against the initial bytes of a stream by sniffing network traffic that occasionally relies on keys affected by the Invariance Weakness, and then using a brute-force approach involving LSB values, aka the "Bar Mitzvah" issue.

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