Thunderbird cannot initialize the security component when libnss3-0d 3.12.6 is installed

Uninstall libnss3-0d and libnss3-dev.

Worked for me.

Just uninstalled libnss3-0d. I had no libnss3-dev on my system. However I had libnss3-1d - this one was left on the system.
After deinstallation of libnss3-0d the problem disapeared.

From bug #559881 comment #14.

"At your suggestion, I just used Synaptic to remove libnss3-0d (libcamel1.2-10 will be removed, libnss3-0d will be removed).
This eliminated all my bug symptoms.

So far as I know, I do not use FIPS. I did not ever and I do not have libnss3-dev installed.

These were my bug symptoms, "alert" messages that were displayed after I invoked Thunderbird and before Thunderbird displayed anything:

Alert
Could not initialize the browser's security component. The most likely cause is problems with files in your browser's profile directory. Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended hat you exit the browser and fix the problem. If you continue to use this browser session, you might see incorrect browser behavior when accessing security features.

Alert
Thunderbird can't connect securely to pop.gmail.com because the SSL protocol has been disabled."

Removing libnss3-0d works for me too.

It appears that hardy is the last release that had any rdepends on libnss3-0d. Therefore, people who had hardy installed and upgraded through to karmic could be affected (but even then, it seems they may have needed sunbird installed). I see a libcamel1.2-10 reference-- that very well could be gutsy or earlier.

Like the others, the removal of libnss3-0d solved the issue

Yes, libcamel1.2-10 is from Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy), so all user's upgrading from Gutsy could be affected, since libcamel1.2-10 is in the default install and it depends on libnss3-0d.

Same here - removal of libnss3-0d fixed it.

Same for me. I searched "libnss3-0d" in Synaptic, asked for rermoval, and Thunderbird's buggy behaviour disappear.

Actually, this is probably a thunderbird problem after all. From IRC:

17:39 < ChrisCoulson> jdstrand - yeah, i confirmed now that installing libnss3-0d breaks thunderbird
17:39 < ChrisCoulson> thunderbird has a load of dangling symlinks to the .0d files in libnss3-0d
17:40 < ChrisCoulson> and when you install it, it messes up nss so that it fails to find libsoftokn.so

Will update the bug accordingly once it is decided how to proceed.

Same for me. I searched "libnss3-0d" in Synaptic, asked for rermoval, and Thunderbird's buggy behaviour disappear.

Verified 2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.2 in https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-security/+archive/ppa/+packages fixes the issue. Using 2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 and libnss3-0d 3.12.6-0ubuntu0.9.10.2 gives the error message and I cannot connect using SSL. Upgrade to thunderbird 2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.2 and it works again.

$ dpkg -l|egrep '(libnss3|thunderbird)' | awk '{print $2, $3}'
libnss3-0d 3.12.6-0ubuntu0.9.10.2
libnss3-1d 3.12.6-0ubuntu0.9.10.2
thunderbird 2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.2

Once all the architectures are finished building, I will publish to security.

This bug was fixed in the package thunderbird - 2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.2

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thunderbird (2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.2) karmic-security; urgency=low

   * fix LP: #559918 - Thunderbird cannot initialize the security component when
     libnss3-0d > 3.12.6 is installed; we drop the dangling .so.0d links that
     became obsolete when we moved to non-versioned SONAMES for nss3 and nspr4
     - update debian/thunderbird.links
 -- Alexander Sack <email address hidden> Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:32:48 +0200

Can confirm that the latest updates from security have fixed the problem without any other action being taken. Thanks for the swift action!

I can also confirm it solved the problem since installing thunderbird 2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.2.

Thanks for fixing this.

This affects Jaunty with nss from the ubuntu-mozilla-security PPA. Steps to reproduce on Jaunty:
1. setup a POP3 account
2. enable master password in thunderbird
3. enable FIPS in thunderbird
4. close thunderbird
5. apt-get install libnss3-0d
6. start thunderbird

The updated package in the PPA (2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.2) fixes this issue.

This bug was fixed in the package thunderbird - 2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.2

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thunderbird (2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.2) jaunty-security; urgency=low

  * fix LP: #559918 - Thunderbird cannot initialize the security component when
    libnss3-0d > 3.12.6 is installed; we drop the dangling .so.0d links that
    became obsolete when we moved to non-versioned SONAMES for nss3 and nspr4
    - update debian/thunderbird.links
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:36:59 +0100