CVE-2023-5388

Name	CVE-2023-5388
Description	NSS was susceptible to a timing side-channel attack when performing RSA decryption. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-3757-1, DLA-3769-1, DLA-3775-1, DSA-5643-1, DSA-5644-1, ELA-1054-1
Debian Bugs	1056284

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
firefox (PTS)	sid	132.0.2-1	fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2	vulnerable
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	91.11.0esr-1~deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	128.4.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	128.4.0esr-1	fixed
nss (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	2:3.26-1+debu8u19	fixed
	stretch (security)	2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u5	vulnerable
	stretch (lts), stretch	2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u8	fixed
	buster, buster (lts)	2:3.42.1-1+deb10u9	fixed
	buster (security)	2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8	fixed
	bullseye	2:3.61-1+deb11u3	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	2:3.61-1+deb11u4	vulnerable
	bookworm	2:3.87.1-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	2:3.87.1-1+deb12u1	vulnerable
	trixie	2:3.105-2	fixed
	sid	2:3.106-1	fixed
thunderbird (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2	vulnerable
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	1:91.10.0-1~deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	1:115.12.0-1~deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1:128.4.3esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	1:128.4.3esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:128.4.3esr-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
firefox	source	(unstable)	124.0-1
firefox-esr	source	jessie	(unfixed)	end-of-life
firefox-esr	source	stretch	(unfixed)	end-of-life
firefox-esr	source	buster	115.9.1esr-1~deb10u1		DLA-3775-1
firefox-esr	source	bullseye	115.9.0esr-1~deb11u1		DSA-5643-1
firefox-esr	source	bookworm	115.9.0esr-1~deb12u1		DSA-5643-1
firefox-esr	source	(unstable)	115.9.0esr-1
nss	source	jessie	2:3.26-1+debu8u18		ELA-1054-1
nss	source	stretch	2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u7		ELA-1054-1
nss	source	buster	2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8		DLA-3757-1
nss	source	(unstable)	2:3.98-1			1056284
thunderbird	source	jessie	(unfixed)	end-of-life
thunderbird	source	stretch	(unfixed)	end-of-life
thunderbird	source	buster	1:115.9.0-1~deb10u1		DLA-3769-1
thunderbird	source	bullseye	1:115.9.0-1~deb11u1		DSA-5644-1
thunderbird	source	bookworm	1:115.9.0-1~deb12u1		DSA-5644-1
thunderbird	source	(unstable)	1:115.9.0-1

Notes

[bookworm] - nss <ignored> (Minor issue, too intrusive to backport)
[bullseye] - nss <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://people.redhat.com/~hkario/marvin/
Vendor patch (Rocky Linux, not upstreamed): https://git.rockylinux.org/staging/rpms/nss/-/commit/1f7f7523b61a2ada2f461548c4160fbbf979c5dd
Fixed by: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/196716d8377ab427e326f20bff2d026e90ac69e2
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-12/#CVE-2023-5388
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-13/#CVE-2023-5388
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-14/#CVE-2023-5388