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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 2362-2 Urgent: TLS Vulnerability Mitigation

Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2361-1 September 24, 2014 nss vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet. Software Description: - nss: Network Security Service library Details: Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and others discovered that NSS incorrectly handled parsing ASN.1 values. An attacker could use this issue to forge RSA certificates. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libnss3 2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libnss3 3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libnss3-1d 3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2361-1 CVE-2014-1568 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 . Counterfeit credentials may compromise private information while browsing online. Ensure your Ubuntu software is updated promptly.. Ubuntu Security Notice,NSS Security Issues,Internet Data Protection. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 24, 2014 •Critical Ubuntu