Improper Authentication Affecting nss package, versions <0:3.53.1-11.el8_2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-NSS-3766273
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 8 Jan 2020
Introduced: 8 Jan 2020
CVE-2019-17023 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 nss to version 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3280.
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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
After a HelloRetryRequest has been sent, the client may negotiate a lower protocol that TLS 1.3, resulting in an invalid state transition in the TLS State Machine. If the client gets into this state, incoming Application Data records will be ignored. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 72.
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17023
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1590001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3280
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4397-1/