Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1687-2 Moderate: NSPR Update Addresses Security Flaw

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January 14, 2013

NSPR update to work with the new NSS.

Summary

NSPR update to work with the new NSS.

Software Description:

- 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

man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive

information.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity update instructions ubuntu man-in-the-middle nspr nss

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 LTS:
  libnspr4-0d                     4.9.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
  libnspr4-0d                     4.9.4-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  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.