CVE-2020-12399 (GCVE-0-2020-12399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-09 14:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:56
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Summary
NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually leak private keys. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.
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CWE
  • Timing attack on DSA signatures in NSS library
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 68.9.0 (custom)
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    Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 77 (custom)
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    Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 68.9 (custom)
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