Bug 1396548 (CVE-2016-9074)

Summary:	CVE-2016-9074 nss: Insufficient timing side-channel resistance in divSpoiler
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dueno, kdudka, nss-nspr-maint, rrelyea, sardella, slawomir
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	nss 3.26.1	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On:	1396550
Bug Blocks:	1396555

Description Adam Mariš 2016-11-18 15:37:54 UTC

An existing mitigation of timing side-channel attacks is insufficient in some circumstances. This issue is addressed in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.26.1.

External References:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/#CVE-2016-9074

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-11-18 15:38:09 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Franziskus Kiefer

Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2016-11-18 15:38:33 UTC

Created nss tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1396550]

Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2016-11-25 04:12:44 UTC

Upstream commit:

https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/1e202f0a01b9