CVE-2016-9074
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:42
Severity ?
Summary
An existing mitigation of timing side-channel attacks is insufficient in some circumstances. This issue is addressed in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.26.1. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94341Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293334Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox
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