Bug 1396548 – CVE-2016-9074 nss: Insufficient timing side-channel resistance in divSpoiler

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Bug 1396548 - (CVE-2016-9074) CVE-2016-9074 nss: Insufficient timing side-channel resistance in divSpoiler

Summary:	CVE-2016-9074 nss: Insufficient timing side-channel resistance in divSpoiler

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-9074

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1396550
Blocks:	1396555
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Reported:	2016-11-18 10:37 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-10-31 18:46 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	nss 3.26.1
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-11-18 10:37:54 EST

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 10:38:09 EST

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Franziskus Kiefer

Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2016-11-18 10:38:33 EST

Created nss tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1396550]

Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2016-11-24 23:12:44 EST

Upstream commit:

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

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