CVE-2013-1740
medium
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
5.8
Description
The ssl_Do1stHandshake function in sslsecur.c in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, when the TLS False Start feature is enabled, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers by using an arbitrary X.509 certificate during certain handshake traffic.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:3.15.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:3.15.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:3.15.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:3.15.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:3.15.4-1 |
Application impact
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64944
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2088-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498172
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=919877
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053725
- https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/NSS/NSS_3.15.4_release_notes
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90394
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1740
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.