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diff --git a/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_3.12.2_release_notes.html/index.rst b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_3.12.2_release_notes.html/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a5dfb2aa7b --- /dev/null +++ b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_3.12.2_release_notes.html/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,217 @@ +.. _mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_12_2_release_notes_html: + +NSS_3.12.2_release_notes.html +============================= + +.. _nss_3.12.2_release_notes: + +`NSS 3.12.2 Release Notes <#nss_3.12.2_release_notes>`__ +-------------------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + +.. _2008-10-20: + +`2008-10-20 <#2008-10-20>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + Newsgroup: `mozilla.dev.tech.crypto <news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.tech.crypto>`__ + +`Contents <#contents>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + - `Introduction <#introduction>`__ + - `Distribution Information <#distribution_information>`__ + - `New in NSS 3.12.2 <#new_in_nss_3.12.2>`__ + - `Bugs Fixed <#bugs_fixed>`__ + - `Documentation <#documentation>`__ + - `Compatibility <#compatibility>`__ + - `Feedback <#feedback>`__ + + -------------- + +`Introduction <#introduction>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.2 is a patch release for NSS 3.12. The bug fixes in NSS + 3.12.2 are described in the "`Bugs Fixed <#bugs_fixed>`__" section below. + NSS 3.12.2 is tri-licensed under the MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1. + + -------------- + +.. _distribution_information: + +`Distribution Information <#distribution_information>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + The CVS tag for the NSS 3.12.2 release is NSS_3_12_2_RTM. NSS 3.12.2 requires `NSPR + 4.7.1 <https://www.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/release-notes/nspr471.html>`__. + See the `Documentation <#documentation>`__ section for the build instructions. + NSS 3.12.2 source and binary 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_12_2_RTM/src/. + - Binary distributions: + https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_12_2_RTM/. Both debug and + optimized builds are provided. Go to the subdirectory for your platform, DBG (debug) or OPT + (optimized), to get the tar.gz or zip file. The tar.gz or zip file expands to an nss-3.12.2 + directory containing three subdirectories: + + - include - NSS header files + - lib - NSS shared libraries + - bin< - `NSS Tools <https://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/tools/>`__ and test + programs + + You also need to download the NSPR 4.7.1 binary distributions to get the NSPR 4.7.1 header files + and shared libraries, which NSS 3.12.2 requires. NSPR 4.7.1 binary distributions are in + https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/nspr/releases/v4.7.1/. + + -------------- + +.. _new_in_nss_3.12.2: + +`New in NSS 3.12.2 <#new_in_nss_3.12.2>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + - New functions in the nss shared library: + + - SEC_PKCS12AddCertOrChainAndKey (see p12.h) + + - New PKCS11 errors (see secerr.h) + + - SEC_ERROR_PKCS11_GENERAL_ERROR + - SEC_ERROR_PKCS11_FUNCTION_FAILED + - SEC_ERROR_PKCS11_DEVICE_ERROR + + -------------- + +.. _bugs_fixed: + +`Bugs Fixed <#bugs_fixed>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + The following bugs have been fixed in NSS 3.12.2. + + - `Bug 200704 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200704>`__: PKCS11: invalid session + handle 0 + - `Bug 205434 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205434>`__: Fully implement new + libPKIX cert verification API from bug 294531 + - `Bug 302670 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302670>`__: Use the installed + libz.so where available + - `Bug 305693 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305693>`__: shlibsign generates PQG + for every run + - `Bug 311483 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311483>`__: exposing + includeCertChain as a parameter to SEC_PKCS12AddCertAndKey + - `Bug 390527 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390527>`__: get rid of pkixErrorMsg + variable in PKIX_Error + - `Bug 391560 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391560>`__: libpkix does not + consistently return PKIX_ValidateNode tree that truly represent failure reasons + - `Bug 408260 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=408260>`__: certutil usage doesn't + give enough information about trust arguments + - `Bug 412311 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=412311>`__: Replace + PR_INTERVAL_NO_WAIT with PR_INTERVAL_NO_TIMEOUT in client initialization calls + - `Bug 423839 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423839>`__: Add multiple PKCS#11 + token password command line option to NSS tools. + - `Bug 432260 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432260>`__: [[@ + pkix_pl_HttpDefaultClient_HdrCheckComplete - PKIX_PL_Memcpy] crashes when there is no + content-length header in the http response + - `Bug 436599 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436599>`__: PKIX: AIA extension is + not used in some Bridge CA / known certs configuration + - `Bug 437804 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437804>`__: certutil -R for cert + renewal should derive the subject from the cert if none is specified. + - `Bug 444974 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444974>`__: Crash upon reinsertion + of E-Identity smartcard + - `Bug 447563 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447563>`__: modutil -add prints no + error explanation on failure + - `Bug 448431 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448431>`__: PK11_CreateMergeLog() + declaration causes gcc warning when compiling with -Wstrict-prototypes + - `Bug 449334 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449334>`__: pk12util has duplicate + options letters + - `Bug 449725 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449725>`__: signver is still using + static libraries. + - `Bug 450427 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450427>`__: Add COMODO ECC + Certification Authority certificate to NSS + - `Bug 450536 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450536>`__: Remove obsolete XP_MAC + code + - `Bug 451024 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451024>`__: certutil.exe crashes + with Segmentation fault inside PR_Cleanup + - `Bug 451927 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451927>`__: + security/coreconf/WINNT6.0.mk has invalid defines + - `Bug 452751 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452751>`__: Slot leak in + PK11_FindSlotsByNames + - `Bug 452865 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452865>`__: Remove obsolete linker + flags needed when libnss3 was linked with libsoftokn3 + - `Bug 454961 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454961>`__: Fix the implementation + and use of pr_fgets in signtool + - `Bug 455348 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455348>`__: Change hyphens to + underscores in DEBUG_$(shell whoami). + - `Bug 455424 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455424>`__: nssilckt.h defines the + enumeration constant 'Lock' + - `Bug 456036 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456036>`__: Stubs for deprecated + functions in lib/certdb/stanpcertdb.c should set the PR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_ERROR error. + - `Bug 456854 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456854>`__: CERT_DecodeCertPackage + does not set NSPR error code upon error + - `Bug 457980 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457980>`__: hundreds of kilobytes of + useless strings in libPKIX + - `Bug 457984 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457984>`__: Enable PKCS11 module + logging in optimized builds + - `Bug 458905 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458905>`__: Memory leaks in PKIX + bridge certificates. + - `Bug 459231 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459231>`__: Memory leak in cert + fetching - AIA extension. + - `Bug 459248 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459248>`__: Support Intel AES + extensions. + - `Bug 459359 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459359>`__: ForwardBuilderState + object is leaked when AIA path incorrect + - `Bug 459481 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459481>`__: NSS build problem with + GCC 3.4.6 on OS/2 + + -------------- + +`Documentation <#documentation>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + For a list of the primary NSS documentation pages on mozilla.org, see `NSS + Documentation <../index.html#Documentation>`__. New and revised documents available since the + release of NSS 3.11 include the following: + + - `Build Instructions for NSS 3.11.4 and above <../nss-3.11.4/nss-3.11.4-build.html>`__ + - `NSS Shared DB <http://wiki.mozilla.org/NSS_Shared_DB>`__ + + -------------- + +`Compatibility <#compatibility>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + NSS 3.12.2 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 3.12.2 shared libraries + without recompiling or relinking. Furthermore, applications that restrict their use of NSS APIs + to the functions listed in `NSS Public Functions <../ref/nssfunctions.html>`__ 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 `mozilla.org + Bugzilla <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/>`__ (product NSS).
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