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usn-6727-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-04-10 13:40
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
nss vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled padding when checking PKCS#1 certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform Bleichenbacher-like attacks and recover private data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-4421)

It was discovered that NSS had a timing side-channel when performing RSA decryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover private data. (CVE-2023-5388)

It was discovered that NSS had a timing side-channel when using certain NIST curves. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover private data. (CVE-2023-6135)

The NSS package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the NSS package to version 3.98 which includes the latest CA certificate bundle and other security improvements.

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  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:33Z",
  "published": "2024-04-10T13:40:08Z",
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}



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