USN-2924-1: NSS vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• nss - Network Security Service library

Details

Francis Gabriel discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain
ASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10

• libnss3 - 2:3.21-0ubuntu0.15.10.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• libnss3 - 2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Ubuntu 12.04

• libnss3 - 2:3.21-0ubuntu0.12.04.3

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

• CVE-2016-1950

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