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ALPINE-CVE-2018-12404

ALPINE-CVE-2018-12404 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

Record from OSV · Published May 2, 2019

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.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
nssAlpine:v3.203.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.93.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.113.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.123.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.223.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.193.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.103.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.233.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.243.41-r0
nssAlpine:v3.213.41-r0

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.20nss3.14.1-r0, 3.15.3-r0, 3.17.4-r0
Alpine:v3.9nss3.12.8-r2, 3.27.2-r0, 3.13.5-r0
Alpine:v3.11nss3.13.6-r0, 3.12.8-r6, 3.21-r0
Alpine:v3.12nss0, 3.12.10-r0, 3.12.11-r0
Alpine:v3.22nss0, 3.13.1-r1, 3.12.8-r2
Alpine:v3.19nss0, 3.12.8-r4, 3.14.3-r0
Alpine:v3.10nss3.17.3-r0, 0, 3.12.10-r0
Alpine:v3.23nss3.17.2-r0, 0, 3.12.10-r0
Alpine:v3.24nss0
Alpine:v3.21nss3.13.3-r0, 3.15.2-r0, 3.38-r1

Timeline

  • May 2, 2019 CVE Published
  • Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch

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