During RSA key generation, bignum implementations used a variation of the Binary Extended Euclidean Algorithm which entailed significantly input-dependent flow. This allowed an attacker able to perform electromagnetic-based side channel attacks to record traces leading to the recovery of the secret primes. *Note:* An unmodified Firefox browser does not generate RSA keys in normal operation and is not affected, but products built on top of it might. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
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DLA-2266-1 | nss security update |
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DLA-2388-1 | nss security update |
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DSA-4726-1 | nss security update |
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EUVD-2020-4714 | During RSA key generation, bignum implementations used a variation of the Binary Extended Euclidean Algorithm which entailed significantly input-dependent flow. This allowed an attacker able to perform electromagnetic-based side channel attacks to record traces leading to the recovery of the secret primes. *Note:* An unmodified Firefox browser does not generate RSA keys in normal operation and is not affected, but products built on top of it might. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78. |
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USN-4417-1 | NSS vulnerability |
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USN-4417-2 | NSS vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T11:56:51.801Z
Reserved: 2020-04-28T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-12402

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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-07-09T15:15:10.820
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:59:38.863
Link: CVE-2020-12402


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