[GLSA-202007-49] Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Information disclosure

Severity Low

Affected Packages 1

Unaffected Packages 1

CVEs 1

NSS has an information disclosure vulnerability when handling DSA keys.

Background
The Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) is a library implementing
security features like SSL v.2/v.3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS
#12, S/MIME and X.509 certificates.

Description
NSS was found to not always perform constant-time operations when
working with DSA key material.

Impact
An attacker may be able to obtain information about a DSA private key.

Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.52.1"

Package	Affected Version
pkg:ebuild/dev-libs/nss?distro=gentoo	< 3.52.1

Package	Unaffected Version
pkg:ebuild/dev-libs/nss?distro=gentoo	>= 3.52.1

ID

GLSA-202007-49

Severity

low

URL

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49

Published

2020-07-27T00:00:00
(4 years ago)

Modified

2020-07-27T00:00:00
(4 years ago)

Rights

Gentoo Foundation, Inc.

Other Advisories

Source	# ID	Name	URL
CVE	CVE-2020-12399	CVE-2020-12399	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12399
Bugzilla	726842	Bugzilla #726842	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726842

Type	Package URL	Namespace	Name / Product	Version	Distribution / Platform	Arch	Patch / Fix
Affected	pkg:ebuild/dev-libs/nss?distro=gentoo	dev-libs	nss	< 3.52.1	gentoo
Unaffected	pkg:ebuild/dev-libs/nss?distro=gentoo	dev-libs	nss	>= 3.52.1	gentoo

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