[USN-2265-1] NSPR vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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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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