CVE-2020-25648 (GCVE-0-2020-25648)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:40
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1046 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a nss Affected: nss versions before 3.58
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