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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12401: CVE-2020-12401 nss: ECDSA timing attack mitigation bypass (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12401: CVE-2020-12401 nss: ECDSA timing attack mitigation bypass (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/29/2020
Created
10/01/2020
Added
10/01/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

During ECDSA signature generation, padding applied in the nonce designed to ensure constant-time scalar multiplication was removed, resulting in variable-time execution dependent on secret data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-nspr
  • redhat-upgrade-nspr-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nspr-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-nss
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-pkcs11-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-softokn
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-softokn-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-softokn-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-softokn-freebl
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-softokn-freebl-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-sysinit
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-sysinit-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-tools
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-tools-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-util
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-util-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-nss-util-devel

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