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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2350-1 Moderate: NSS Update for CA Certificates

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NSS was updated to refresh the CA certificates bundle.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2350-1
September 22, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

NSS was updated to refresh the CA certificates bundle.

Software Description:
- nss: Network Security Service library

Details:

The NSS package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes
the NSS package to version 3.17 which includes the latest CA certificate
bundle.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libnss3                         2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libnss3                         3.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libnss3-1d                      3.17-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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.

References:
  
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/+bug/1372410

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17-0ubuntu0.10.04.1


Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2350-1 Moderate: NSS Update for CA Certificates

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2014
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3405-2 informs users about an OpenSSL update addressing vulnerabilities in Ubuntu distributions.
NSS was updated to refresh the CA certificates bundle.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libnss3 2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libnss3 3.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libnss3-1d 3.17-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 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.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/+bug/1372410

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September 22, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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