The TLS implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a noncompliant…

Description

The TLS implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a noncompliant MAC check operation during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2013-0169.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-203 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-203 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 57777 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls/TLStiming.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0630 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130205 Re: CVE request: TLS CBC padding timing flaw in various SSL / TLS implementations (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-1763-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• GLSA-201406-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1144 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0631 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 64758 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 15:04 UTC.