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Ubuntu 13.10: 2063-1 Critical: NSS Man-In-The-Middle Risk

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Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2063-1
December 20, 2013

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

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- nss: Network Security Service library

Details:

It was discovered that an intermediate certificate was incorrectly issued
by a subordinate certificate authority of a trusted CA included in NSS.
This intermediate certificate could be used in a man-in-the-middle attack,
and has such been marked as untrusted in this update.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libnss3                         2:3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
  libnss3                         2:3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libnss3                         3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libnss3                         3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libnss3-1d                      3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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.

References:
  
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/+bug/1263135

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1


Ubuntu 13.10: 2063-1 Critical: NSS Man-In-The-Middle Risk

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Ensure your Ubuntu system is current to mitigate NSS vulnerabilities that could lead to data leaks via compromised certificates. Perform the necessary updates.
Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: libnss3 2:3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 Ubuntu 13.04: libnss3 2:3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 Ubuntu 12.10: libnss3 3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libnss3 3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libnss3-1d 3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 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.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/+bug/1263135

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December 20, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.3.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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