UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12404

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12404
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12404.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12404
Upstream
Downstream
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Published
2018-12-12T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:55Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A cached side channel attack during handshakes using RSA encryption could allow for the decryption of encrypted content. This is a variant of the Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) and affects all NSS versions prior to NSS 3.41.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.15.1-1ubuntu1
2:3.15.2-1
2:3.15.3-1
2:3.15.3.1-1
2:3.15.3.1-1.1
2:3.15.3.1-1.1ubuntu1
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu3
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu4
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu5
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu6
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7
2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7.1
2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.17.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.19.2-1ubuntu1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu1
2:3.21-1ubuntu2
2:3.21-1ubuntu3
2:3.21-1ubuntu4
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

2:3.*

2:3.32-1ubuntu3
2:3.34-1ubuntu1
2:3.35-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libnss3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools"
        }
    ]
}