Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nss-util package, versions <0:3.53.1-11.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-NSSUTIL-2044501
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 May 2020

Introduced: 21 May 2020

CVE-2020-12399  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 nss-util to version 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-util package and not the nss-util package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually leak private keys. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1