Bug 1443348 (CVE-2017-5462)

Summary: CVE-2017-5462 nss: DRBG flaw in NSS
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-04-19 06:44:00 UTC 
A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5462
Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-04-19 06:44:08 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Vladimir Klebanov and Franziskus Kiefer