# CVE-2015-5244: The NSSCipherSuite option with ciphersuites enabled in mod\_nss before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to bypass application restrictions.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-07 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The NSSCipherSuite option with ciphersuites enabled in mod_nss before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to bypass application restrictions.

## What to do

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## References

- https://pagure.io/mod_nss/c/34e1ccecb4a7d5054dba2f92b403af9b6ae1e110
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175248.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176026.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259216

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