Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nss package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.74% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-NSS-1390063
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Jul 2019

Introduced: 9 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-11727  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 nss.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss package and not the nss package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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.