NSS could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.
Francis Gabriel discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain ASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
9 March 2016
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
NSS could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.
Francis Gabriel discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain ASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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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