USN-1687-2: NSPR update

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• nspr - NetScape Portable Runtime Library

Details

USN-1687-1 fixed a vulnerability NSS. This update provides the NSPR needed
to use the new NSS.

Original advisory details:

Two intermediate CA certificates were mis-issued by the TURKTRUST
certificate authority. If a remote attacker were able to perform a
machine-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 12.10

• libnspr4-0d - 4.9.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• libnspr4-0d - 4.9.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 11.10

• libnspr4-0d - 4.9.4-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• libnspr4-0d - 4.9.4-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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-2013-0743

Related notices

• USN-1681-2: thunderbird
• USN-1681-1: firefox
• USN-1687-1: nss, libnss3-1d