USN-3431-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3431-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3431-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3431-1
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Published
2017-10-02T14:04:14.008385Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:30Z
Summary
nss vulnerability
Details

Martin Thomson discovered that NSS incorrectly generated handshake hashes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.15.1-1ubuntu1
2:3.15.2-1
2:3.15.3-1
2:3.15.3.1-1
2:3.15.3.1-1.1
2:3.15.3.1-1.1ubuntu1
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu3
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu4
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu5
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu6
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7.1
2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.17.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-7805",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.19.2-1ubuntu1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu1
2:3.21-1ubuntu2
2:3.21-1ubuntu3
2:3.21-1ubuntu4
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-7805",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}