Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2790-1 Critical NSPR Denial Of Service

ubuntu

November 4, 2015

NSPR could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

NSPR could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially

crafted input.

Software Description:

- nspr: NetScape Portable Runtime Library

Details:

Ryan Sleevi discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled memory allocation. A

remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSPR to crash, resulting in a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu nspr

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  libnspr4                        2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 15.04:
  libnspr4                        2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libnspr4                        2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libnspr4                        4.10.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.