CVE-2020-6829
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-6829 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-10-28 12:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-02-20 17:15:00 UTC |
| Description | When performing EC scalar point multiplication, the wNAF point multiplication algorithm was used; which leaked partial information about the nonce used during signature generation. Given an electro-magnetic trace of a few signature generations, the private key could have been computed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 80 — Mozilla | MISC | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Access Denied | MISC | bugzilla.mozilla.org | Permissions Required |
| Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox for Android 80 — Mozilla | MISC | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 3327-1] nss security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 181594 Debian Security Update for nss (DLA 3327-1)
- 352469 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nspr, nss-softokn, nss-util: ALAS-2021-1522
- 377391 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for nss (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0015)
- 377524 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for nss and nspr (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0173)
- 500458 Alpine Linux Security Update for nss
- 500953 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
- 503838 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
- 940393 AlmaLinux Security Update for nss (ALSA-2021:0538)
- 960725 Rocky Linux Security Update for nss (RLSA-2021:0538)