CVE-2020-12401
Public on 2020-10-08
Modified on 2021-07-12
Description
A flaw was found in nss. Using the EM side-channel, it is possible to extract the position of zero and non-zero wNAF digits while nss-certutil tool performs scalar multiplication during the ECDSA signature generation, leaking partial information about the ECDSA nonce. Given a small number of ECDSA signatures, this information can be used to steal the private key. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | nspr | 2021-07-08 | ALAS-2021-1522 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | nspr | 2020-11-09 | ALAS2-2020-1559 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | nss | 2020-11-09 | ALAS2-2020-1559 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 1 | nss-softokn | 2021-07-08 | ALAS-2021-1522 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | nss-softokn | 2020-11-09 | ALAS2-2020-1559 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 1 | nss-util | 2021-07-08 | ALAS-2021-1522 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | nss-util | 2020-11-09 | ALAS2-2020-1559 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |