CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9574

Missing Cryptographic Step

Published: Jul 19, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
5.9 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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nss before version 3.30 is vulnerable to a remote denial of service during the session handshake when using SessionTicket extension and ECDHE-ECDSA.

Weakness

The product does not implement a required step in a cryptographic algorithm, resulting in weaker encryption than advertised by the algorithm.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Network_security_servicesMozilla*3.30 (excluding)
NssUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*

References