Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting nss-sysinit package, versions *
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- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 2 Jun 2020
Introduced: 2 Jun 2020
CVE-2020-6829 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6
nss-sysinit
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-sysinit
package and not the nss-sysinit
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:6
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6829
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631583
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-39/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4076
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0538
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00021.html