USN-4476-1: NSS vulnerability
27 August 2020
NSS could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- nss - Network Security Service library
Details
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled some inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
-
libnss3
-
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm8
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 12.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.