Ubuntu alert USN-2452-1 (nss)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-2452-1] NSS vulnerability | |
| Date: | Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:16:39 -0500 | |
| Message-ID: | <54AD7807.5020001@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2452-1 January 07, 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 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/2:3.17.1-0ubuntu... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.17.1-0ubuntu... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...