USN-2265-1: NSPR vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 13.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• 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

• libnspr4 - 2:4.10.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 13.10

• libnspr4 - 2:4.9.5-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 12.04

• libnspr4 - 4.9.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.3

Ubuntu 10.04

• 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

• CVE-2014-1545