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A nss security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 7 Extended LTS to address a possible man-in-the-middle attack during DSA signature generation to recover the private key.



ELA-232-1 nss security update

Package nss
Version 2:3.26-1+debu7u12
Related CVE CVE-2020-12399

A timing attack was found in the way NSS generated DSA signatures. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw during DSA signature generation to recover the private key.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.26-1+debu7u12.

We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/

  ELA-232-1 nss security update