# CVE-2011-5094: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause CPU exhaustion via excessive SSL/TLS renegotiations in NSS when specific options are enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jun 2012
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m896-wg3p-7ffv

## What is CVE-2011-5094?

CVE-2011-5094 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services, published on 16 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, with certain settings of the SSL_ENABLE_RENEGOTIATION option, does not properly restrict client-initiated renegotiation within the SSL and TLS protocols, which might make it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing many renegotiations within a single connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1473.  NOTE: it can also be argued that it is the responsibility of server deployments, not a security library, to prevent or limit renegotiation when it is inappropriate within a specific environment

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-5094?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mozilla Network Security Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-5094?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-5094 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-5094 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-5094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Network Security Services

- [CVE-2019-17006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17006/): Memory corruption in NSS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5461](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5461/): Memory corruption in Firefox (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2009-2404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2404/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2017-11695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11695/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-11696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11696/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-5094 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-5094 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services, published on 16 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-5094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Network Security Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5094/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5094/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5094
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5094
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-5094

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