Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nss package, versions <0:3.53.1-11.el8_2
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EPSS
0.06% (29th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-NSS-3776880
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 21 May 2020
Introduced: 21 May 2020
CVE-2020-12399 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 nss to version 0:3.53.1-11.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3280.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss package and not the nss package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL: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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12399
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631576
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3280
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/
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