USN-4417-2

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4417-2
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4417-2.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4417-2
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Published
2020-07-06T19:59:43.185612Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:10Z
Summary
nss vulnerability
Details

USN-4417-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Cesar Pereida, Billy Bob Brumley, Yuval Yarom, and Nicola Tuveri discovered that NSS incorrectly handled RSA key generation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover RSA keys.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.15.1-1ubuntu1
2:3.15.2-1
2:3.15.3-1
2:3.15.3.1-1
2:3.15.3.1-1.1
2:3.15.3.1-1.1ubuntu1
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu3
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu4
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu5
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu6
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7.1
2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.17.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm4
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2020-12402"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
    }
}