CVE-2018-12404
Published: 12 December 2018
A cached side channel attack during handshakes using RSA encryption could allow for the decryption of encrypted content. This is a variant of the Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) and affects all NSS versions prior to NSS 3.41.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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nss Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(3.36.6,3.40.1,2:3.41-1)
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trusty |
Released
(2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4)
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xenial |
Released
(2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4)
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bionic |
Released
(2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1)
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cosmic |
Released
(2:3.36.1-1ubuntu1.1)
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Patches: upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/4b966fea84c8 (3.41) upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/9d1be6a2e610 (3.41) upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/f5ef34273311 (3.41) upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/93b536c98e60 (3.36) upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/2ac9939c87cc (3.36) upstream: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/f550aef6074c (3.36) |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 5.9 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12404
- http://cat.eyalro.net/
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.36.6_release_notes
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3850-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3850-2
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian