| Name | CVE-2023-6135 |
| Description | Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as "Minerva". This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1059054 |
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 |
| nss (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:3.26-1+debu8u19 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u8 | vulnerable |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u9 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8 | vulnerable |
| 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 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | 121.0-1 | | | |
| nss | source | (unstable) | 2:3.95-1 | | | 1059054 |
Notes
[bookworm] - nss <ignored> (Minor issue, too intrusive to backport)
[bullseye] - nss <ignored> (Too invasive to fix; upstream recommends not doing it)
[buster] - nss <ignored> (Too invasive to fix; upstream recommends not doing it)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-56/#CVE-2023-6135
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1853908 (not public)
Fixed via: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1861728
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/e68b42b773657000078d104aaccbe26e71a1e0be
Fixed via: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1863605
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/39f0db972e9d4803f386585bc4d8858ad6f019b8
nss issue relates to: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1854438
nss issue relates to: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1854439
[stretch] - nss <ignored> (Too invasive to fix; upstream recommends not doing it)
[jessie] - nss <ignored> (Too invasive to fix; upstream recommends not doing it)