A flaw was found in the way CHACHA20-POLY1305 was implemented in NSS in versions before 3.55. When using multi-part Chacha20, it could cause out-of-bounds reads. This issue was fixed by explicitly disabling multi-part ChaCha20 (which was not functioning correctly) and strictly enforcing tag length. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and system availability.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868931 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.55_release_notes | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2021-05-27 19:15
Updated : 2021-06-09 14:42
NVD link : CVE-2020-12403
Mitre link : CVE-2020-12403
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Products Affected
mozilla
- nss
CWE
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
