CVE-2017-5462

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5462
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-682 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/682.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 53.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 45.9.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:52.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.28.4
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 52.1.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089 Issue Tracking
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5462
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5462
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:45:15 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:45:15 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:45:15 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated