CVE-2015-2721
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, Thunderbird before 38.1, and other products, does not properly determine state transitions for the TLS state machine, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by blocking messages, as demonstrated by removing a forward-secrecy property by blocking a ServerKeyExchange message, aka a "SMACK SKIP-TLS" issue.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-debuginfo-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-pkcs11-devel-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-tools-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-tools-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-tools-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-tools-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-tools-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-tools-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664 - Fixednss-tools-0:3.19.1-1.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1664
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–5.1
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (62)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- mozilla network security services= 3.19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- novell suse linux enterprise desktop= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- novell suse linux enterprise server= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- novell suse linux enterprise server= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- novell suse linux enterprise software development kit= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2015:1664Red Hat Security Advisory: nss security, bug fix, and enhancement update2015-08-24csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated nss packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
also known as (3)
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
references (87)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00033.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00034.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1185.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1664.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-71.htmlcnnvd
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