CVE-2023-5388

Publication date 23 October 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 124.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
mozjs102 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Ignored
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
mozjs38 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
mozjs52 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
mozjs68 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
mozjs78 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
mozjs91 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
nss 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2:3.98-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was deferred [2024-02-19]
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:3.98-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed
thunderbird 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Notes

mdeslaur

incomplete fix for CVE-2023-4421

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nss