USN-8071-2

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8071-2
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8071-2.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-8071-2
Upstream
Related
Published
2026-03-05T07:18:22Z
Modified
2026-03-09T12:35:26.105480Z
Summary
nss vulnerability
Details

USN-8071-1 fixed a vulnerability in nss. This update provides the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled memory when performing certain GHASH operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm13?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm13

Affected versions

2:3.*
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
2:3.17-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.17.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.21-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm4
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm5
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm6
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm7
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm8
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm9
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm10
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm11
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm13"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-2781",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8071-2.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5

Affected versions

2:3.*
2:3.19.2-1ubuntu1
2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu1
2:3.21-1ubuntu2
2:3.21-1ubuntu3
2:3.21-1ubuntu4
2:3.23-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:3.26.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.6
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.8
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.10
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.12
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.13
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm1
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm2
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm3
2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-1d",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-nssdb",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-2781",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8071-2.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.35-2ubuntu2.16+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.16+esm1

Affected versions

2:3.*
2:3.32-1ubuntu3
2:3.34-1ubuntu1
2:3.35-2ubuntu2
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.1
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.2
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.3
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.5
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.6
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.7
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.8
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.9
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.11
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.12
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.13
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.14
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.15
2:3.35-2ubuntu2.16

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3",
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.16+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.16+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:3.35-2ubuntu2.16+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-2781",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8071-2.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / nss

Package

Name
nss
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nss@2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1

Affected versions

2:3.*
2:3.45-1ubuntu2
2:3.47-1ubuntu1
2:3.47-1ubuntu2
2:3.48-1ubuntu1
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.1
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.2
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.4
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.5
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.6
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.7
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.8
2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.9
2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3",
            "binary_version": "2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnss3-tools",
            "binary_version": "2:3.98-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-2781",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8071-2.json"