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diff --git a/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.22.2_release_notes/index.rst b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.22.2_release_notes/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..598dfdde3b --- /dev/null +++ b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.22.2_release_notes/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.. _mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_22_2_release_notes: + +NSS 3.22.2 release notes +======================== + +`Introduction <#introduction>`__ +-------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + Network Security Services (NSS) 3.22.2 is a security patch release for NSS 3.22. The bug fixes in + NSS 3.22.2 are described in the "Security Fixes" section below. + +.. _distribution_information: + +`Distribution Information <#distribution_information>`__ +-------------------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + The HG tag is NSS_3_22_2_RTM. NSS 3.22.2 requires NSPR 4.12 or newer. + + NSS 3.22.2 source distributions are available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download: + + - Source tarballs: + https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_22_2_RTM/src/ + +.. _new_in_nss_3.22.2: + +`New in NSS 3.22.2 <#new_in_nss_3.22.2>`__ +------------------------------------------ + +.. _new_functionality: + +`New Functionality <#new_functionality>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + No new functionality is introduced in this release. + +.. _security_fixes_in_nss_3.22.2: + +`Security Fixes in NSS 3.22.2 <#security_fixes_in_nss_3.22.2>`__ +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + - `Bug 1245528 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245528>`__ / + `CVE-2016-1950 <http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1950>`__ - Fixed a + heap-based buffer overflow related to the parsing of certain ASN.1 structures. An attacker + could create a specially-crafted certificate which, when parsed by NSS, would cause a crash or + execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user. + +.. _notable_changes_in_nss_3.22.2: + +`Notable Changes in NSS 3.22.2 <#notable_changes_in_nss_3.22.2>`__ +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +.. container:: + + - `Bug 1247990 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247990>`__ - The root CA changes + from :ref:`mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_23_release_notes` have been backported. + +`Acknowledgements <#acknowledgements>`__ +---------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + The NSS development team would like to thank security researcher Francis Gabriel for responsibly + disclosing the issue in `Bug 1245528 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245528>`__. + +`Compatibility <#compatibility>`__ +---------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + NSS 3.22.2 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 3.22.2 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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