Improper Certificate Validation Affecting nss package, versions <2:3.42.1-1+deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-NSS-453482
  • published24 Jul 2019
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019

Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-11727  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 nss to version 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u1 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 vulnerability exists where it possible to force Network Security Services (NSS) to sign CertificateVerify with PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures when those are the only ones advertised by server in CertificateRequest in TLS 1.3. PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures should not be used for TLS 1.3 messages. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.