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Ubuntu 13.10 USN-2159-1: Critical NSS Information Exposure

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NSS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2159-1
April 02, 2014

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

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

Summary:

NSS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:
- nss: Network Security Service library

Details:

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled wildcard certificates when
used with internationalized domain names. If a remote attacker were able to
perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to spoof
SSL servers.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libnss3                         2:3.15.4-0ubuntu0.13.10.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libnss3                         3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libnss3                         3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libnss3-1d                      3.15.4-0ubuntu0.10.04.2

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2159-1
  CVE-2014-1492

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.15.4-0ubuntu0.13.10.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.4-0ubuntu0.10.04.2


Ubuntu 13.10 USN-2159-1: Critical NSS Information Exposure

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Alert Notice USN-2160-2 outlines a critical flaw in XYZ service that may lead to data leaks during transmission. Immediate action required!
NSS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: libnss3 2:3.15.4-0ubuntu0.13.10.2 Ubuntu 12.10: libnss3 3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libnss3 3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libnss3-1d 3.15.4-0ubuntu0.10.04.2 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2159-1

CVE-2014-1492

Severity
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Critical

April 02, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.15.4-0ubuntu0.13.10.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.15.4-0ubuntu0.10.04.2

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