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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4417-2
July 06, 2020
nss vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
– Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
NSS could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description:
– nss: Network Security Service library
Details:
USN-4417-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Cesar Pereida, Billy Bob Brumley, Yuval Yarom, and Nicola Tuveri discovered
that NSS incorrectly handled RSA key generation. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover RSA keys.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
libnss3 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
libnss3 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.9
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4417-1
CVE-2020-12402
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