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nss — security advisory
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.
- Products
- nss
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2:3.58-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-25648
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25648
nss
Fixed versions: 2:3.58-1
nss
Fixed versions: 2:3.58-1
nss
Fixed versions: 2:3.58-1
Complete source record
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