Can't launch google-chrome-stable. Getting Out of date NSS (Libnss3)

I can't seem to open google-chrome-stable. When I attempt to launch the application I get the following:

[7465:7499:0911/174740.042852:FATAL:nss_util.cc(632)] NSS_VersionCheck("3.26") failed. NSS >= 3.26 is required. Please upgrade to the latest NSS, and if you still get this error, contact your distribution maintainer.
Aborted

I have run the following commands to fix:

sudo apt-get-upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libnss3

(That says I have the newest version.)

Here is what I get when I run sudo apt-cache policy libnss3:

libnss3:
  Installed: 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.2
  Candidate: 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.2
  Version table:
 *** 2:3.19.2.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.2 0

I have uncommented everything in /etc/apt/source.list.

Solution 1:

If you are running 15.10 and below, the proper way is to upgrade the distro. However if you need to stick to your current version for whatever reason, here is what I have done.

I have force install the libnss3 from the upgraded version .deb file along with a dependency requirements.

Here is the dependency

sudo dpkg -i libnspr4_4.13.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1_amd64.deb

from http://launchpadlibrarian.net/317146464/libnspr4_4.13.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1_amd64.deb

Then, install the libnss3

sudo dpkg -i libnss3_3.26.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

from http://launchpadlibrarian.net/295856174/libnss3_3.26.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

You still need to install one more, libnss3-nssdb, which is required for the Chrome as well

sudo dpkg --force-all -i libnss3-nssdb_3.26.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_all.deb

from http://launchpadlibrarian.net/296542005/libnss3-nssdb_3.26.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_all.deb

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I have taken the precaution by backing up these packages from system before installing the upgraded version in case something break and I cannot find the original .deb. In my case, I cannot find the deb for libnss3-nssdb

sudo apt-get install dpkg-repack
sudo dpkg-repack libnss3-nssdb

Solution 2:

I had the same problem. This solved it.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libnss3