CVE-2018-12404
Published: 12 December 2018
A cached side channel attack during handshakes using RSA encryption could allow for the decryption of encrypted content. This is a variant of the Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) and affects all NSS versions prior to NSS 3.41.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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nss
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1)
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cosmic |
Released
(2:3.36.1-1ubuntu1.1)
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trusty |
Released
(2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4)
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upstream |
Released
(3.36.6,3.40.1,2:3.41-1)
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xenial |
Released
(2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4)
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Patches:
upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/4b966fea84c8 upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/9d1be6a2e610 upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/f5ef34273311 upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/93b536c98e60 upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/2ac9939c87cc upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/f550aef6074c |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.9 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |