CVE-2019-17023

Firefox ESR: After a HelloRetryRequest has been sent, the client may negotiate a lower protocol that TLS 1.3, resulting…

CVE-2019-17023 is fixed in 18 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released January 8, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

RoutineFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
6.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0134
71st percentile

After a HelloRetryRequest has been sent, the client may negotiate a lower protocol that TLS 1.3, resulting in an invalid state transition in the TLS State Machine. If the client gets into this state, incoming Application Data records will be ignored. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 72.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr Jun 25, 2020
Linux
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox-geckodriver 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox-mozsymbols 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
libnss3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8 libnss3 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8 May 25, 2020
libnss3-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8 libnss3-tools 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8 May 25, 2020
nspr · RHEL 8 0:4.25.0-2.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nspr · ol 8 0:4.25.0-2.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nspr-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.25.0-2.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nspr-devel · ol 8 0:4.25.0-2.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-devel · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-softokn · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-softokn · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-softokn-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-softokn-devel · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-softokn-freebl · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-softokn-freebl · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-softokn-freebl-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-softokn-freebl-devel · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-sysinit · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-sysinit · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-tools · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-tools · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-util · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-util · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020
nss-util-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3280 Aug 3, 2020
nss-util-devel · ol 8 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3280 Aug 4, 2020

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