CVE-2020-12399
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-07-09 14:52
Modified
2024-08-04 11:56
Severity ?
Summary
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
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631576Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631576Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 77
Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 68.9
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