1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2924-1

USN-2924-1: NSS vulnerability

Publication date

9 March 2016

Overview

NSS could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • nss - Network Security Service library

Details

Francis Gabriel discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain
ASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Francis Gabriel discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain
ASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
15.10 wily libnss3 –  2:3.21-0ubuntu0.15.10.2
14.04 trusty libnss3 –  2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
12.04 precise libnss3 –  2:3.21-0ubuntu0.12.04.3

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