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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-25648: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-25648: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/20/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the way NSS handled CCS (ChangeCipherSpec) messages in TLS 1.3. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send multiple CCS messages, causing a denial of service for servers compiled with the NSS library. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects NSS versions before 3.58.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nss

References

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