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CVE-2017-5462

A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.01072
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Weakness Classification

CWE-682Incorrect Calculation
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Affected Products & Versions

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debian linuxall versions
mozilla firefox< 45.9.0
mozilla firefox< 53.0
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla network security services< 3.28.4
mozilla thunderbird< 52.1.0
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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · security@mozilla.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 Jun 2018 · 09:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2235-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:1669-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1345089Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872Third Party Advisory
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