Several security issues were fixed in NSS.
Multiple security issues were discovered in NSS. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, potentially execute arbitrary code, or lead to information disclosure.
18 November 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in NSS.
Multiple security issues were discovered in NSS. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, potentially execute arbitrary code, or lead to information disclosure.
This update also adds TLS v1.2 support to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10, and Ubuntu 13.04.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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.
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