Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nss-util package, versions <0:3.53.1-17.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-NSSUTIL-2089721
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Jul 2020

Introduced: 28 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-12400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 nss-util to version 0:3.53.1-17.el8_3 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.

When converting coordinates from projective to affine, the modular inversion was not performed in constant time, resulting in a possible timing-based side channel attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1