USN-3898-2: NSS vulnerability
27 February 2019
NSS could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- nss - Network Security Service library
Details
USN-3898-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory 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 12.04
After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that
use NSS, such as Evolution, to make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3898-1: libnss3-tools, nss, libnss3, libnss3-1d, libnss3-dev, libnss3-nssdb