Ubuntu alert USN-2864-1 (nss)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-2864-1] NSS vulnerability | |
| Date: | Thu, 7 Jan 2016 15:59:52 -0500 | |
| Message-ID: | <568ED1C8.7070705@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2864-1 January 07, 2016 nss vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: NSS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - nss: Network Security Service library Details: Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that NSS incorrectly allowed MD5 to be used for TLS 1.2 connections. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: libnss3 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.2 Ubuntu 15.04: libnss3 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libnss3 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libnss3 3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 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-2864-1 CVE-2015-7575 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.19.2.1-0ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.19.2.1-0ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.19.2.1-0ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.19.2.1-0ubuntu... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...