USN-2452-1: NSS vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2452-1
7th January, 2015
nss vulnerability
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 version:
- 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
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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.