Covert Timing Channel Affecting nss-tools package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (48th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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Red Hat
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NSSTOOLS-2003333
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 9 Sep 2020

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 nss-tools.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-tools package and not the nss-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Raccoon attack is a timing attack on DHE ciphersuites inherit in the TLS specification. To mitigate this vulnerability, Firefox disabled support for DHE ciphersuites.