Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-12402
CVE-2020-12402
Description
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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Affected products
96<78+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <78
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords94 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< 128.5.1-1.1+ 93 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-lp151.2.53.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-lp152.2.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-lp151.2.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-lp152.2.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.69.1-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 78-21.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-4.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-4.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-35.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-3.94.2
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-3.94.2
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-78.80.2
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.0.1-112.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-29.12.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.25-19.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-3.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-3.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-3.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-3.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-3.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-3.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-38.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-3.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-3.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.53.1-58.48.1
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Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00016.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00018.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RFL6UNFK4MG2WDXLMLFAEIUSM5EUK7CG/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UWVDJRARXNWWWTCGMM63EXLQHH2LNOXO/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- usn.ubuntu.com/4417-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- usn.ubuntu.com/4417-2/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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