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MFSA2020-36 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 80 (CVE-2020-6829)

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MFSA2020-36 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 80 (CVE-2020-6829)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/25/2020
Created
08/27/2020
Added
08/26/2020
Modified
11/05/2020

Description

When performing EC scalar point multiplication, the wNAF point multiplication algorithm was used; which leaked partial information about the nonce used during signature generation. Given an electro-magnetic trace of a few signature generations, the private key could have been computed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-80_0

References

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