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Ubuntu: 4203-1 Critical Vulnerability in NSS Memory Management Issue

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NSS could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4203-1
November 27, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- nss: Network Security Service library

Details:

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  libnss3                         2:3.45-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libnss3                         2:3.42-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libnss3                         2:3.35-2ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libnss3                         2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.8

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that
use NSS, such as Evolution, to make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4203-1
  CVE-2019-11745

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.45-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.42-1ubuntu2.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.35-2ubuntu2.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.8

Ubuntu: 4203-1 Critical Vulnerability in NSS Memory Management Issue

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2019
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The NSS module on Ubuntu might experience failures or execute applications with specific inputs. A patch has been provided for the impacted releases.
NSS could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: libnss3 2:3.45-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 19.04: libnss3 2:3.42-1ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libnss3 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.5 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libnss3 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.8 After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use NSS, such as Evolution, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4203-1

CVE-2019-11745

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November 27, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.45-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.42-1ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.35-2ubuntu2.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.8

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