USN-4231-1: NSS vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• nss - Network Security Service library

Details

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10

• libnss3 - 2:3.45-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 19.04

• libnss3 - 2:3.42-1ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 18.04

• libnss3 - 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.7

Ubuntu 16.04

• libnss3 - 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.10

Ubuntu 14.04

• libnss3 - 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm4
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 12.04

• libnss3 - 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.7

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-17006