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Incorrect Calculation Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-FIREFOXESR-355195
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
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Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-5462  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-682  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 firefox-esr to version 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox ESR 52.1 has been updated with NSS version 3.28.4. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.