Summary
Martin Thomson discovered that NSS incorrectly generated handshake hashes.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 |
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —
During TLS 1.2 exchanges, handshake hashes are generated which point to a message buffer. This saved data is used for l…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7805