Vulnerability in NSS since 3.24.0 was found (CVE-2017-7502)
Summary
Vulnerability in NSS since 3.24.0 was found (CVE-2017-7502). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Null pointer dereference vulnerability in NSS since 3.24.0 was found when server receives empty SSLv2 messages resulting into denial of service by remote attacker.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-7502 has been found in NSS since 3.24.0 was found.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "NSS since 3.24.0 was found CVE-2017-7502" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-7502 (NSS since 3.24.0 was found) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in NSS since 3.24.0 was found.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of NSS since 3.24.0 was found.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで NSS since 3.24.0 was found を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7502 nss Fixed in: 2:3.26.2-1.1
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch hg.mozilla.org
- web debian.org
- web oracle.com
- web securitytracker.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com