vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-4417-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-4417-1",
  "summary": "nss vulnerability",
  "details": "Cesar Pereida, Billy Bob Brumley, Yuval Yarom, and Nicola Tuveri discovered\nthat NSS incorrectly handled RSA key generation. A local attacker could\npossibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover RSA keys.\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12402"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2020-07-06T18:16:28Z",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:39Z",
  "affected": [
    {
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "nss",
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      },
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            },
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            }
          ]
        }
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        "2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu1",
        "2:3.21-1ubuntu2",
        "2:3.21-1ubuntu3",
        "2:3.21-1ubuntu4",
        "2:3.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.5",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.6",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.8",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.9",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.10",
        "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11"
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "libnss3",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d",
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          {
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        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
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        "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.5",
        "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.6",
        "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.7",
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        "name": "nss",
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      },
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        "2:3.47-1ubuntu1",
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                },
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4417-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12402"
    }
  ]
}