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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References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00016.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00018.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631597 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RFL6UNFK4MG2WDXLMLFAEIUSM5EUK7CG/ - | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UWVDJRARXNWWWTCGMM63EXLQHH2LNOXO/ - | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-1/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-2/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/ - Vendor Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2020-07-09 15:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 04:59
NVD link : CVE-2020-12402
Mitre link : CVE-2020-12402
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-12402
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Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
debian
- debian_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
opensuse
- leap
CWE
CWE-203
Observable Discrepancy