CVE-2018-12404
nss - security update
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 12.8%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-12404
To remediate CVE-2018-12404, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/nss—upgrade to 3.41-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2:3.41-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:3.26-1+debu8u4 or later
- —upgrade to 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u2 or later
Is CVE-2018-12404 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 12.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 3.41-r0
- from 0, < 2:3.41-1
- from 0, < 2:3.26-1+debu8u4
- from 0, < 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |