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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12400): NSS vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12400): NSS vulnerabilities

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/10/2020
Created
08/13/2020
Added
08/11/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

When converting coordinates from projective to affine, the modular inversion was not performed in constant time, resulting in a possible timing-based side channel attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libnss3

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