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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12400

When converting coordinates from projective to affine, the modular inversion was not performed in constant time, resulting in a possible timing-based...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

When converting coordinates from projective to affine, the modular inversion was not performed in constant time, resulting in a possible timing-based side channel attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80 and Firefox for Android < 80.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 nss

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:3.55-1"}]}]

Debian:13 nss

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:3.55-1"}]}]

Debian:14 nss

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:3.55-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org