PT-2019-5227
CVE-2019-17023
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Published
2019-12-03
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Updated
2024-12-12
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Firefox versions prior to 72
Description
The issue is related to an error in the HelloRetryRequest extension, where a client can negotiate a protocol lower than TLS 1.3. This can lead to an invalid state transition in the TLS State Machine. If the client enters this state, incoming Application Data records will be ignored. A remote attacker can exploit this issue to impact data integrity.
Recommendations
For Firefox versions prior to 72, update to version 72 or later to resolve the issue.
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