Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-922-1

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Stephane Chazelas discovered that libnss-db did not correctly set up a database environment. A local attacker could exploit this to read the first line of arbitrary files, leading to a loss of privacy and possibly privilege escalation.

libnss-db vulnerability on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS , Ubuntu 8.10 , Ubuntu 9.04 , Ubuntu 9.10

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2010-March/001069.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25