CVE-2018-12404

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    CVE-2018-12404

    Published: 2 May 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A 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.

    References: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-379803.pdf, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html, https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-040-04, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107260, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2237, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-12404

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    Introduced- None
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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