USN-2790-1: NSPR vulnerability
4 November 2015
nspr vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 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
Ryan Sleevi discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled memory allocation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSPR to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- libnspr4 - 2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- Ubuntu 15.04
- libnspr4 - 2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libnspr4 - 2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- libnspr4 - 4.10.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.
