CVE-2013-1620

Description

The TLS implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a noncompliant MAC check operation during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2013-0169.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.81% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57777 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html third party advisory
http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls/TLStiming.pdf third party advisory technical description
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00009.html vendor advisory broken link
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/24 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1763-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1135.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1144.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00010.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1620?
CVE-2013-1620 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-1620?
To fix CVE-2013-1620, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-1620 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-1620 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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