USN-2903-1

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    USN-2903-1

    Published: 17 Feb 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: nss vulnerability

    Details: Hanno Böck discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain division functions, possibly leading to cryptographic weaknesses. (CVE-2016-1938) This update also refreshes the NSS package to version 3.21 which includes the latest CA certificate bundle, and removes the SPI CA.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2903-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1938

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nss

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    2:3.15.1-1ubuntu1
    2:3.15.2-1
    2:3.15.3-1
    2:3.15.3.1-1
    2:3.15.3.1-1.1
    2:3.15.3.1-1.1ubuntu1
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu3
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu4
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu5
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu6
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7
    2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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