Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nss-tools package, versions <0:3.53.1-3.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NSSTOOLS-8012913
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • 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?

Upgrade RHEL:7 nss-tools to version 0:3.53.1-3.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4076.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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 Scores

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