Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nss-tools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-NSSTOOLS-2015897
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jun 2020

Introduced: 30 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12401  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 nss-tools.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-tools package and not the nss-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1