1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2361-1

USN-2361-1: NSS vulnerability

Publication date

24 September 2014

Overview

Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.

Releases

Packages

  • nss - Network Security Service library

Details

Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and others discovered that NSS incorrectly handled
parsing ASN.1 values. An attacker could use this issue to forge RSA
certificates.

Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and others discovered that NSS incorrectly handled
parsing ASN.1 values. An attacker could use this issue to forge RSA
certificates.

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. 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.

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
14.04 trusty libnss3 –  2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 precise libnss3 –  3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
10.04 lucid libnss3-1d –  3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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