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CVE-2013-5605 json

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.14 before 3.14.5 and 3.15 before 3.15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or p…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-5445

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.14 before 3.14.5 and 3.15 before 3.15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via invalid handshake packets.

Patch / fix

  • nss Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.15.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-5605

  • nss-util RHEL 6 3.15.3-1.el6_5
  • nss RHEL 6 3.15.3-2.el6_5
  • nspr RHEL 6 4.10.2-1.el6_5
  • nss-tools RHEL 6 3.15.3-2.el6_5
  • nss-sysinit RHEL 6 3.15.3-2.el6_5
  • nss RHEL 5 3.15.3-3.el5_10
  • nspr RHEL 5 4.10.2-2.el5_10
  • nss-tools RHEL 5 3.15.3-3.el5_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1829RHSA-2013:1791RHSA-2013:1841RHSA-2013:1840RHSA-2014:0041

  • mozilla-nss openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.26.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10451-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-5605 updated cvss 6.8

nss: Null_Cipher() does not respect maxOutputLen (MFSA 2013-103)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss 3.15.3-3.el5_10, nspr 4.10.2-2.el5_10, nss-tools 3.15.3-3.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1791
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.2) nss 3.13.1-9.el6_2, nss-tools 3.13.1-9.el6_2, nss-sysinit 3.13.1-9.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3) nss 3.13.6-3.el6_3, nss-tools 3.13.6-3.el6_3, nss-sysinit 3.13.6-3.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.2) nss 3.13.1-9.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.3) nss 3.13.6-3.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.4) nss 3.14.3-5.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1840
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss 3.15.3-3.el5_10, nspr 4.10.2-2.el5_10, nss-tools 3.15.3-3.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1791
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.15.3-2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1829
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.15.3-3.el5_10, nspr 4.10.2-2.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1791
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) nss 3.12.8-8.el5_6, nss-tools 3.12.8-8.el5_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server) nss 3.14.3-8.el5_9, nss-tools 3.14.3-8.el5_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1841
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.15.3-2.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1829
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.4) nss 3.14.3-5.el6_4, nss-tools 3.14.3-5.el6_4, nss-sysinit 3.14.3-5.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1840
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1829
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server) nss 3.12.3.99.3-3.el5_3, nss-tools 3.12.3.99.3-3.el5_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1841
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.15.3-2.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1829
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.2) nss 3.13.1-9.el6_2, nss-tools 3.13.1-9.el6_2, nss-sysinit 3.13.1-9.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3) nss 3.13.6-3.el6_3, nss-tools 3.13.6-3.el6_3, nss-sysinit 3.13.6-3.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) nss 3.14.3-5.el6_4, nss-tools 3.14.3-5.el6_4, nss-sysinit 3.14.3-5.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1840
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1829
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.2) nss 3.13.1-9.el6_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3) nss 3.13.6-3.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.4) nss 3.14.3-5.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1840
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nspr 4.10.2-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.15.3-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.15.3-2.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.15.3-2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) nss 3.15.3-2.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1829
  • Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.5-20140112.0.el6ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0041
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 nss, nss-tools, nss-sysinit
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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