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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-NSSSOFTOKNFREEBL-3790187
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 2 Jun 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nss-softokn-freebl 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-softokn-freebl package and not the nss-softokn-freebl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

During RSA key generation, bignum implementations used a variation of the Binary Extended Euclidean Algorithm which entailed significantly input-dependent flow. This allowed an attacker able to perform electromagnetic-based side channel attacks to record traces leading to the recovery of the secret primes. Note: An unmodified Firefox browser does not generate RSA keys in normal operation and is not affected, but products built on top of it might. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

4.4 medium
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SUSE

4.4 medium