nss vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
* Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
* Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary
NSS could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description
* nss - Network Security Service library
Details
USN-4417-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Cesar Pereida, Billy Bob Brumley, Yuval Yarom, and Nicola Tuveri
discovered that NSS incorrectly handled RSA key generation. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing
attack and recover RSA keys.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libnss3 - 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libnss3 - 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.9
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to
make all the necessary changes.
References
* USN-4417-1
* CVE-2020-12402
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