nss vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in NSS.
Software Description
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled the TLS State Machine. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NSS to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-17023)
Cesar Pereida Garcia discovered that NSS incorrectly handled DSA key generation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover DSA keys. (CVE-2020-12399)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libnss3 - 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 19.10
libnss3 - 2:3.45-1ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libnss3 - 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libnss3 - 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Several security issues were fixed in NSS.
Software Description
- nss - Network Security Service library
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled the TLS State Machine. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NSS to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-17023)
Cesar Pereida Garcia discovered that NSS incorrectly handled DSA key generation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover DSA keys. (CVE-2020-12399)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libnss3 - 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 19.10
libnss3 - 2:3.45-1ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libnss3 - 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libnss3 - 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...