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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2087-1
January 23, 2014
nspr vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 13.10
– Ubuntu 12.10
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
NSPR could be made to crash or run programs if it received a specially
crafted certificate.
Software Description:
– nspr: NetScape Portable Runtime Library
Details:
It was discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled certain malformed X.509
certificates. A remote attacker could use a crafted X.509 certificate to
cause NSPR to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.10:
libnspr4 2:4.9.5-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
libnspr4 4.9.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libnspr4 4.9.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libnspr4-0d 4.9.5-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2087-1
CVE-2013-5607
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspr/2:4.9.5-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspr/4.9.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspr/4.9.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspr/4.9.5-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
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