=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1540-1
August 16, 2012

nss vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- nss: Network Security Service library

Details:

Kaspar Brand discovered a vulnerability in how the Network Security
Services (NSS) ASN.1 decoder handles zero length items. If the user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted certificate, an attacker could
possibly exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
  libnss3-1d                      3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  libnss3-1d                      3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libnss3-1d                      3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu0.10.04.4

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that
use NSS, such as Evolution, to make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1540-1
  CVE-2012-0441

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu6.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu2.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu0.10.04.4


Ubuntu 1540-1: NSS vulnerability

August 16, 2012
NSS could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted certificate.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: libnss3-1d 3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu6.1 Ubuntu 11.04: libnss3-1d 3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libnss3-1d 3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu0.10.04.4 After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use NSS, such as Evolution, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1540-1

CVE-2012-0441

Severity
August 16, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu6.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu0.10.04.4

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