Summary
USN-4417-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
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 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS | nss | 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6 |
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