MGASA-2019-0038

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    MGASA-2019-0038

    Published: 15 Jan 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-0495

    Summary: Updated nss packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Keegan Ryan discovered that NSS incorrectly handled ECDSA key generation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cache-timing attack and recover private ECDSA keys (CVE-2018-0495).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0038.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24179, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3850-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nss

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/nss?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.36.6-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High