Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting nss package, versions <2:3.42.1-1+deb10u7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-NSS-1019538
- published 20 Oct 2020
- disclosed 20 Oct 2020
Introduced: 20 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-25648 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
nss
to version 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss
package and not the nss
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in the way NSS handled CCS (ChangeCipherSpec) messages in TLS 1.3. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send multiple CCS messages, causing a denial of service for servers compiled with the NSS library. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects NSS versions before 3.58.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25648
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ERA5SVJQXQMDGES7RIT4F4NQVLD35RXN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRM53IQCPZT2US3M7JXTP6I6IBA5RGOD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RPOLN6DJUYQ3QBQEGLZGV73SNIPK7GHV/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1887319
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.58_release_notes
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00039.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ERA5SVJQXQMDGES7RIT4F4NQVLD35RXN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRM53IQCPZT2US3M7JXTP6I6IBA5RGOD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RPOLN6DJUYQ3QBQEGLZGV73SNIPK7GHV/