[USN-2265-1] NSPR vulnerability
Marc Deslauriers
marc.deslauriers at canonical.com
Wed Jul 2 18:58:21 UTC 2014
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2265-1
July 02, 2014
nspr vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
NSPR could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially
crafted input.
Software Description:
- nspr: NetScape Portable Runtime Library
Details:
Abhishek Arya discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled certain console
functions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSPR to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The
default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the
vulnerability to a denial of service.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libnspr4 2:4.10.2-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 13.10:
libnspr4 2:4.9.5-1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libnspr4 4.9.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.3
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libnspr4-0d 4.9.5-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2265-1
CVE-2014-1545
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspr/2:4.10.2-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspr/2:4.9.5-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspr/4.9.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nspr/4.9.5-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
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