Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2504-1
19th February, 2015
nss update
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
NSS was updated to refresh the CA certificates bundle.
Software description
- nss
– Network Security Service library
Details
The NSS package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes
the NSS package to version 3.17.4 which includes the latest CA certificate
bundle.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
libnss3
2:3.17.4-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libnss3
2:3.17.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libnss3
3.17.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
-
libnss3-1d
3.17.4-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
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.