CVE-2017-5462

NameCVE-2017-5462
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-906-1, DLA-946-1, DSA-3831-1, DSA-3872-1
Debian Bugs862958

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid133.0.3-1fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch91.11.0esr-1~deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie128.5.0esr-1fixed
sid128.5.1esr-1fixed
nss (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:3.26-1+debu8u19fixed
stretch (security)2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u5fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u8fixed
buster, buster (lts)2:3.42.1-1+deb10u9fixed
buster (security)2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8fixed
bullseye2:3.61-1+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)2:3.61-1+deb11u4fixed
bookworm2:3.87.1-1fixed
bookworm (security)2:3.87.1-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2:3.106-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)52.0.1-1
firefox-esrsourcewheezy45.9.0esr-1~deb7u1DLA-906-1
firefox-esrsourcejessie45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1DSA-3831-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)45.9.0esr-1
nsssourceexperimental2:3.30-1
nsssourcewheezy2:3.26-1+debu7u3DLA-946-1
nsssourcejessie2:3.26-1+debu8u2DSA-3872-1
nsssource(unstable)2:3.26.2-1.1862958

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5462
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/7248d38b76e5

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