Bug 1443348 – CVE-2017-5462 nss: DRBG flaw in NSS

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Bug 1443348 - (CVE-2017-5462) CVE-2017-5462 nss: DRBG flaw in NSS

Summary:	CVE-2017-5462 nss: DRBG flaw in NSS

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-5462

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Blocks:	1440097
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Reported:	2017-04-19 02:44 EDT by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2017-05-03 12:24 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-04-19 02:44:00 EDT

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 02:44:08 EDT

Acknowledgments:

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

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