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Ubuntu 20.04 & 18.04 LTS USN-5410-1: Critical NSS DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey May 11, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Alert USN-5410-1 pertains to a security vulnerability within NSS that may result in a denial of service situation.
NSS could be made to stop responding if it received a specially crafted message.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service advisory ubuntu nss

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:   libnss3                         2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.7 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   libnss3                         2:3.35-2ubuntu2.14 After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use NSS to make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5410-1

  CVE-2020-25648

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May 11, 2022

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security advisory denial of service advisory ubuntu nss

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.7   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.35-2ubuntu2.14

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