CVE-2020-12401

Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: November 14, 2023

Description

During ECDSA signature generation, padding applied in the nonce designed to ensure constant-time scalar multiplication was removed, resulting in variable-time execution dependent on secret data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.7
Attack Vector	LOCAL
Attack complexity	HIGH
Privileges required	LOW
User interaction	NONE
Scope	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality	HIGH
Integrity impact	NONE
Availability impact	NONE
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Status

Product	Release	Package	Status
Alpaquita Linux	23 LTS	nss	Not affected (3.85-r1)
Alpaquita Linux	Stream	nss	Not affected (3.92-r0)

References

How to Fix Liberica NIK Not Starting on macOS Catalina and Later

If you use macOS Catalina and later you may encounter the issue that prevents Liberica NIK from starting. To fix it, run the following:

sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine path/to/graalvm/folder/

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