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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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diff --git a/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.16.2.1_release_notes/index.rst b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.16.2.1_release_notes/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f7c10ccb22 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.16.2.1_release_notes/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +.. _mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_16_2_1_release_notes: + +NSS 3.16.2.1 release notes +========================== + +`Introduction <#introduction>`__ +-------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + Network Security Services (NSS) 3.16.2.1 is a patch release for NSS 3.16, based on the NSS 3.16.2 + release. The bug fixes in NSS 3.16.2.1 are described in the "Bugs Fixed" section below. + +.. _distribution_information: + +`Distribution Information <#distribution_information>`__ +-------------------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + The HG tag is NSS_3_16_2_1_RTM. NSS 3.16.2.1 requires NSPR 4.10.6 or newer. + + NSS 3.16.2.1 source distributions are also available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS + download: + + - Source tarballs: + https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_16_2_1_RTM/src/ + +.. _security_advisories: + +`Security Advisories <#security_advisories>`__ +---------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + The following security-relevant bugs have been resolved in NSS 3.16.2.1. Users are encouraged to + upgrade immediately. + + - `Bug 1064636 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064636>`__ - (CVE-2014-1568) RSA + Signature Forgery in NSS. See also `MFSA + 2014-73 <https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-73.html>`__ for details. + +.. _new_in_nss_3.16.2.1: + +`New in NSS 3.16.2.1 <#new_in_nss_3.16.2.1>`__ +---------------------------------------------- + +.. _new_functionality: + +`New Functionality <#new_functionality>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + No new functionality is introduced in this release. This is a patch release to fix a bug that + caused NSS to accept forged RSA signatures. + + A new symbol, \_SGN_VerifyPKCS1DigestInfo is exported in this release. As with all exported NSS + symbols that have a leading underscore '_', this is an internal symbol for NSS use only. + Applications that use or depend on these symbols can and will break in future NSS releases. + +.. _bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.16.2.1: + +`Bugs fixed in NSS 3.16.2.1 <#bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.16.2.1>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + - `Bug 1064636 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064636>`__ - (CVE-2014-1568) RSA + Signature Forgery in NSS + +`Acknowledgements <#acknowledgements>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + The NSS development team would like to thank Antoine Delignat-Lavaud, security researcher at + Inria Paris in team Prosecco, and the Advanced Threat Research team at Intel Security, who both + independently discovered and reported this issue, for responsibly disclosing the issue by + providing advance copies of their research. + +`Compatibility <#compatibility>`__ +---------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + NSS 3.16.2.1 shared libraries are backward compatible with all older NSS 3.x shared libraries. A + program linked with older NSS 3.x shared libraries will work with NSS 3.16.2.1 shared libraries + without recompiling or relinking. Furthermore, applications that restrict their use of NSS APIs + to the functions listed in NSS Public Functions will remain compatible with future versions of + the NSS shared libraries. + +`Feedback <#feedback>`__ +------------------------ + +.. container:: + + Bugs discovered should be reported by filing a bug report with + `bugzilla.mozilla.org <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=NSS>`__ (product NSS).
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