NSS could be made to expose sensitive information.
Hanno Böck discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain division functions, possibly leading to cryptographic weaknesses. (CVE-2016-1938)
17 February 2016
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
NSS could be made to expose sensitive information.
Hanno Böck discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain division functions, possibly leading to cryptographic weaknesses. (CVE-2016-1938)
This update also refreshes the NSS package to version 3.21 which includes the latest CA certificate bundle, and removes the SPI CA.
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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