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diff --git a/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.28.3_release_notes/index.rst b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.28.3_release_notes/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..272516d5a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/nss/doc/rst/legacy/nss_releases/nss_3.28.3_release_notes/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +.. _mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_28_3_release_notes: + +NSS 3.28.3 release notes +======================== + +`Introduction <#introduction>`__ +-------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + Network Security Services (NSS) 3.28.3 is a patch release for NSS 3.28. The bug fixes in NSS + 3.28.3 are described in the "Bugs Fixed" section below. + +.. _distribution_information: + +`Distribution Information <#distribution_information>`__ +-------------------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + The HG tag is NSS_3_28_3_RTM. NSS 3.28.3 requires Netscape Portable Runtime(NSPR) 4.13.1 or + newer. + + NSS 3.28.3 source distributions are available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download: + + - Source tarballs: + https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_28_3_RTM/src/ + +.. _new_in_nss_3.28.3: + +`New in NSS 3.28.3 <#new_in_nss_3.28.3>`__ +------------------------------------------ + +.. _new_functionality: + +`New Functionality <#new_functionality>`__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. container:: + + No new functionality is introduced in this release. This is a patch release to fix binary + compatibility issues. + +.. _bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.28.3: + +`Bugs fixed in NSS 3.28.3 <#bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.28.3>`__ +-------------------------------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + NSS version 3.28, 3.28.1 and 3.28.2 contained changes that were in violation with the NSS + compatibility promise. + + ECParams, which is part of the public API of the freebl/softokn parts of NSS, had been changed to + include an additional attribute. That size increase caused crashes or malfunctioning with + applications that use that data structure directly, or indirectly through ECPublicKey, + ECPrivateKey, NSSLOWKEYPublicKey, NSSLOWKEYPrivateKey, or potentially other data structures that + reference ECParams. The change has been reverted to the original state in `bug + 1334108 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1334108>`__. + + SECKEYECPublicKey had been extended with a new attribute, named "encoding". If an application + passed type SECKEYECPublicKey to NSS (as part of SECKEYPublicKey), the NSS library read the + uninitialized attribute. With this NSS release SECKEYECPublicKey.encoding is deprecated. NSS no + longer reads the attribute, and will always set it to ECPoint_Undefined. See `bug + 1340103 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1340103>`__. + +`Compatibility <#compatibility>`__ +---------------------------------- + +.. container:: + + NSS 3.28.3 shared libraries are backward compatible with most older NSS 3.x shared libraries, but + depending on your application, may be incompatible, if you application has been compiled against + header files of versions 3.28, 3.28.1, or 3.28.2. + + A program linked with most older NSS 3.x shared libraries (excluding the exceptions mentioned + above), will work with NSS 3.28.3 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. + + If you had compiled your application against header files of NSS 3.28, NSS 3.28.1 or NSS 3.28.2, + it is recommended that you recompile your application against NSS 3.28.3, at the time you upgrade + to NSS 3.28.3. + + Please note that NSS 3.29 also contained the incorrect change. You should avoid using NSS 3.29, + and rather use NSS 3.29.1 or a newer version. See also the + :ref:`mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_29_1_release_notes` + +`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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