USN-4215-1: NSS vulnerability

Publication date

9 December 2019

Overview

NSS could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted certificate.


Packages

  • 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.

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain certificates.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.04 disco libnss3 –  2:3.42-1ubuntu2.4
18.04 bionic libnss3 –  2:3.35-2ubuntu2.6
16.04 xenial libnss3 –  2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
14.04 trusty libnss3 –  2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm3  
12.04 precise libnss3 –  2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.6

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