CVE-2011-5094
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, with certain settings of the SSL_ENABLE_RENEGOTIATION option, does not properly restrict client-initiated renegotiation within the SSL and TLS protocols, which might make it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing many renegotiations within a single connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1473. NOTE: it can also be argued that it is the responsibility of server deployments, not a security library, to prevent or limit renegotiation when it is inappropriate within a specific environment
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.70%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 85
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://orchilles.com/2011/03/ssl-renegotiation-dos.html
- http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-ssl-dos-mitigation.html
- http://www.educatedguesswork.org/2011/10/ssltls_and_computational_dos.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07553.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07564.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07567.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07576.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07577.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/08/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707065
- http://orchilles.com/2011/03/ssl-renegotiation-dos.html
- http://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-ssl-dos-mitigation.html
- http://www.educatedguesswork.org/2011/10/ssltls_and_computational_dos.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07553.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07564.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07567.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07576.html
- http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg07577.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/08/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707065
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