USN-2864-1

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    USN-2864-1

    Published: 7 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: nss vulnerability

    Details: Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that NSS incorrectly allowed MD5 to be used for TLS 1.2 connections. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2864-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7575

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nss

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

    Affected versions

    2:3.15.1-1ubuntu1
    2:3.15.2-1
    2:3.15.3-1
    2:3.15.3.1-1
    2:3.15.3.1-1.1
    2:3.15.3.1-1.1ubuntu1
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu3
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu4
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu5
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu6
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High