CVE-2023-6135
Published: 20 December 2023
Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as "Minerva". This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.
Notes
Author | Note |
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tyhicks |
mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
mdeslaur |
starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
focal |
Released
(121.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
noble |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
mozjs102
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Ignored
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
noble |
Ignored
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs38
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs52
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
|
focal |
Ignored
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs68
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Ignored
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs78
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Ignored
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs91
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Ignored
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Ignored
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
nss
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Released
(2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
|
jammy |
Released
(2:3.98-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
mantic |
Released
(2:3.98-0ubuntu0.23.10.1)
|
|
noble |
Not vulnerable
(2:3.96.1-1)
|
|
trusty |
Needs triage
|
|
upstream |
Released
(3.95)
|
|
xenial |
Needs triage
|
|
Patches:
upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/88262a8e60126b5168d0b96306ed5fd2de4867bb upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/a69c9f36bb8ac1c47cacb6c6ec9f06309de33951 upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/e68b42b773657000078d104aaccbe26e71a1e0be upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/39f0db972e9d4803f386585bc4d8858ad6f019b8 |
||
thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
noble |
Not vulnerable
|
|
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 4.3 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/#CVE-2023-6135
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6562-1
- https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/nss_3_95.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6727-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6135
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian
Bugs
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059054
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1853908 (not public)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1861728 (nss)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1863605 (nss)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615555 (nss pre)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1861265 (nss pre regression)