Summary
Cesar Pereida, Billy Bob Brumley, Yuval Yarom, and Nicola Tuveri discovered
that NSS incorrectly handled RSA key generation. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover RSA keys.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.12 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | nss | 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.9 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | nss | 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —
During RSA key generation, bignum implementations used a variation of the Binary Extended Euclidean Algorithm which ent…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12402