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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2452-1
January 07, 2015
nss vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
NSS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description:
– nss: Network Security Service library
Details:
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 lengths. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a data-smuggling
attack.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libnss3 2:3.17.1-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libnss3 2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libnss3 3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libnss3-1d 3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
After a standard system update you need to restart any applications
that use NSS, such as Evolution and Chromium, to make all the necessary
changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2452-1
CVE-2014-1569
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.17.1-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
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