CVE-2018-12404

Summary

CVECVE-2018-12404
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-02 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-12 07:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Network Security Services All All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1485864 - (CVE-2018-12404) Vulnerability disclosure Bleichenbacher attack MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II | CISA MISC us-cert.cisa.gov
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1758-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2388-1] nss security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-379803.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
Mozilla Network Security Services CVE-2018-12404 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377300 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for nss, nss-softokn, nss-util, and nspr (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0104)
  • 500454 Alpine Linux Security Update for nss
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