USN-3898-1: NSS vulnerability
nss vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
NSS could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software Description
- nss – Network Security Service library
Details
Hanno Böck and Damian Poddebniak discovered that NSS incorrectly handled
certain CMS functions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- libnss3 – 2:3.36.1-1ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libnss3 – 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libnss3 – 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libnss3 – 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5
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, to make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3898-1: NSS vulnerability
