Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting firefox package, versions <80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FIREFOX-608788
  • published1 Aug 2020
  • disclosed8 Oct 2020

Introduced: 1 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-12401  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 firefox to version 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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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