vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-12384: Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Apr 29, 2019 | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 29, 2019
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
When handling a SSLv2-compatible ClientHello request, the server doesn't generate a new random value but sends an all-zero value instead. This results in full malleability of the ClientHello for SSLv2 used for TLS 1.2 in all versions prior to NSS 3.39. This does not impact TLS 1.3.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-nss
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