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Debian: CVE-2020-12401: nss -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 1, 2020
Added
Oct 1, 2020
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

During ECDSA signature generation, padding applied in the nonce designed to ensure constant-time scalar multiplication was removed, resulting in variable-time execution dependent on secret data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

Solution

debian-upgrade-nss
Title
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