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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-12399: Observable Discrepancy

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-12399: Observable Discrepancy

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/09/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-thunderbird

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