NSS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 lengths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a data-smuggling attack.
7 January 2015
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
NSS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 lengths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a data-smuggling attack.
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.
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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