Information Exposure Affecting nss package, versions <3.98-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.97% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-NSS-14179299
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed19 Mar 2024

Introduced: 19 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-5388  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 nss to version 3.98-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss package and not the nss package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

NSS was susceptible to a timing side-channel attack when performing RSA decryption. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1