Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-25648 |
CWE-ID | CWE-770 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
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nss (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU47910
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25648
CWE-ID:
CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
A flaw was found in the way NSS handled CCS (ChangeCipherSpec) messages in TLS 1.3. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send multiple CCS messages, causing a denial of service for servers compiled with the NSS library. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects NSS versions before 3.58.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
nss (Red Hat package): 3.53.1-3.el7_9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: 7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1384
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.