Introduction

Network Security Services (NSS) 3.15.2 is a patch release for NSS 3.15. The bug fixes in NSS 3.15.2 are described in the "Bugs Fixed" section below.

Distribution Information

NSS 3.15.2 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_15_2_RTM/src/

Security Advisories

The following security-relevant bugs have been resolved in NSS 3.15.2. Users are encouraged to upgrade immediately.

• Bug 894370 - (CVE-2013-1739) Avoid uninitialized data read in the event of a decryption failure.

New in NSS 3.15.2

New Functionality

• AES-GCM Ciphersuites: AES-GCM cipher suite (RFC 5288 and RFC 5289) support has been added when TLS 1.2 is negotiated. Specifically, the following cipher suites are now supported:
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

New Functions

PK11_CipherFinal has been introduced, which is a simple alias for PK11_DigestFinal.

New Types

No new types have been introduced.

New PKCS #11 Mechanisms

No new PKCS#11 mechanisms have been introduced

Notable Changes in NSS 3.15.2

• Bug 880543 - Support for AES-GCM ciphersuites that use the SHA-256 PRF
• Bug 663313 - MD2, MD4, and MD5 signatures are no longer accepted for OCSP or CRLs, consistent with their handling for general certificate signatures.
• Bug 884178 - Add PK11_CipherFinal macro

Bugs fixed in NSS 3.15.2

• Bug 734007 - sizeof() used incorrectly
• Bug 900971 - nssutil_ReadSecmodDB() leaks memory
• Bug 681839 - Allow SSL_HandshakeNegotiatedExtension to be called before the handshake is finished.
• Bug 848384 - Deprecate the SSL cipher policy code, as it's no longer relevant. It is no longer necessary to call NSS_SetDomesticPolicy because all cipher suites are now allowed by default.

A complete list of all bugs resolved in this release can be obtained at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&classification=Components&query_format=advanced&target_milestone=3.15.2&product=NSS&list_id=7982238

Compatibility

NSS 3.15.2 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 3.15.2 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

Bugs discovered should be reported by filing a bug report with bugzilla.mozilla.org (product NSS).