Information Exposure Affecting nss package, versions <0:3.90.0-6.el8_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NSS-6152730
  • published11 Jan 2024
  • disclosed19 Dec 2023

Introduced: 19 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-6135  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nss to version 0:3.90.0-6.el8_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0786.

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.

Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as "Minerva". This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1