CVE-2015-2721

NSS: incorrectly permited skipping of ServerKeyExchange (MFSA 2015-71)

Published Jul 6, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, Thunderbird before 38.1, and other products, does not properly determine state transitions for the TLS state machine, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by blocking messages, as demonstrated by removing a forward-secrecy property by blocking a ServerKeyExchange message, aka a "SMACK SKIP-TLS" issue.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-315-1 nss security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3324-1 icedove security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3336-1 nss security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2811 Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, Thunderbird before 38.1, and other products, does not properly determine state transitions for the TLS state machine, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by blocking messages, as demonstrated by removing a forward-secrecy property by blocking a ServerKeyExchange message, aka a "SMACK SKIP-TLS" issue.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2656-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2656-2 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2672-1 NSS vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2673-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1185.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1664.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3324 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3336 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-71.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75541 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83398 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032783 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032784 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2672-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2673-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1086145 cve-icon cve-icon
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19_release_notes cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2721 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 cve-icon cve-icon
https://smacktls.com cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2721 cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*