Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2023-6135CVE-2023-6135
4.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
20.8%
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.
Bugs
- <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059054>
- <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1853908 (not public)>
- <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1861728 (nss)>
- <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1863605 (nss)>
- <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615555 (nss pre)>
- <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1861265 (nss pre regression)>
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
| mdeslaur | starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | firefox | < 121.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs102 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 23.10 | noarch | mozjs102 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 24.04 | noarch | mozjs102 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mozjs38 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | mozjs52 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mozjs52 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | mozjs68 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs78 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | mozjs91 | < any | UNKNOWN |
References
firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/nss_3_95.html
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-6135
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6135
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6135
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6562-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6727-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6135
www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/#CVE-2023-6135
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/
Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
20.8%