USN-4231-1: NSS vulnerability

USN-4231-1: NSS vulnerability

nss vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.10
• 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 execute arbitrary code if it received a specially
crafted input.

Software Description

• nss – Network Security Service library

Details

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10

libnss3 – 2:3.45-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 19.04

libnss3 – 2:3.42-1ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libnss3 – 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.7

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libnss3 – 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.10

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

libnss3 – 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm4

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

libnss3 – 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.7

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

• CVE-2019-17006

Source: USN-4231-1: NSS vulnerability