CVE-2017-7781 Affecting firefox package, versions <55.0-1
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- published 11 Jun 2018
- disclosed 11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2017-7781 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 55.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox
package and not the firefox
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
An error occurs in the elliptic curve point addition algorithm that uses mixed Jacobian-affine coordinates where it can yield a result "POINT_AT_INFINITY" when it should not. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this to interfere with a connection, resulting in an attacked party computing an incorrect shared secret. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7781
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1352039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100383
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7781