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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-12404: Security patch for nss, nss-softokn, nss-util, nspr (ALAS-2020-1355)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-12404: Security patch for nss, nss-softokn, nss-util, nspr (ALAS-2020-1355)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/13/2018
Created
03/20/2020
Added
03/19/2020
Modified
04/16/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade--nspr
  • amazon-linux-upgrade--nss-softokn
  • amazon-linux-upgrade--nss-util
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nss

References

  • ALAS-2020-1355
  • CVE-2018-12404
  • USN-3850-1
  • USN-3850-2

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