Improper Certificate Validation Affecting nss package, versions <2:3.26-1+debu8u8
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.22% (59th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-NSS-536284
- published 29 Nov 2019
- disclosed 22 Oct 2020
Introduced: 29 Nov 2019
CVE-2019-17007 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
nss
to version 2:3.26-1+debu8u8 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:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
In Network Security Services before 3.44, a malformed Netscape Certificate Sequence can cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17007
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-379803.pdf
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1533216
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.44_release_notes
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-040-04
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-17007