gsd-2020-12399
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
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CVE-2020-12399


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}


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