CVE-2019-17023
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CVE-2019-17023 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. After a HelloRetryRequest has been sent, the client may negotiate a lower protocol that TLS 1.3, resulting in an invalid state transition in the TLS State Machine. If the client gets into this state, incoming Application Data records will be ignored. EPSS estimates a 1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
After a HelloRetryRequest has been sent, the client may negotiate a lower protocol that TLS 1.3, resulting in an invalid state transition in the TLS State Machine. If the client gets into this state, incoming Application Data records will be ignored. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 72.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 72.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.10 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 20.04 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1590001Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4397-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1590001Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4397-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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