USN-4215-1: NSS vulnerability
nss vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary
NSS could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted certificate.
Software Description
- nss – Network Security Service library
Details
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain certificates.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libnss3 – 2:3.42-1ubuntu2.4
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libnss3 – 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.6
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libnss3 – 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- libnss3 – 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm3
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
- libnss3 – 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-4215-1: NSS vulnerability
