CVE-2023-6135

Public on 2023-12-19

Modified on 2024-01-31

Description

Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as "Minerva". This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.9

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 2023	nss	2024-02-19	ALAS2023-2024-523
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	nss-softokn	2024-02-19	ALAS2-2024-2456

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	CVSSv3	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2023-6135 Mitre: CVE-2023-6135