CVE-2016-9574 Denial of service in nss
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in NSS during session handshakes using specific cryptographic extensions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9574?
CVE-2016-9574 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services, published on 19 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
nss before version 3.30 is vulnerable to a remote denial of service during the session handshake when using SessionTicket extension and ECDHE-ECDSA.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9574?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Network Security Services.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9574?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-9574 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9574 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Network Security Services
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9574, GHSA-jq9g-rw6w-4vhv.