Introduction
Network Security Services (NSS) 3.15.5 is a patch release for NSS 3.15. The bug fixes in NSS 3.15.5 are described in the "Bugs Fixed" section below.
Distribution Information
The HG tag is NSS_3_15_5_RTM. NSS 3.15.5 requires NSPR 4.10.2 or newer.
NSS 3.15.5 source distributions are also available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download:
New in NSS 3.15.5
New Functionality
- Added support for the TLS application layer protocol negotiation (ALPN) extension. Two SSL socket options,
SSL_ENABLE_NPN
andSSL_ENABLE_ALPN
, can be used to control whether NPN or ALPN (or both) should be used for application layer protocol negotiation. - Added the TLS padding extension. The extension type value is 35655, which may change when an official extension type value is assigned by IANA. NSS automatically adds the padding extension to ClientHello when necessary.
- Added a new macro
CERT_LIST_TAIL
, defined incertt.h
, for getting the tail of aCERTCertList
.
Notable Changes in NSS 3.15.5
- Bug 950129: Improve the OCSP fetching policy when verifying OCSP responses
- Bug 949060: Validate the
iov
input argument (an array ofPRIOVec
structures) ofssl_WriteV
(called viaPR_Writev
). Applications should still take care when convertingstruct iov
toPRIOVec
because theiov_len
members of the two structures have different types (size_t
vs.int
).size_t
is unsigned and may be larger thanint
.
Bugs fixed in NSS 3.15.5
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=3.15.5&product=NSS
Compatibility
NSS 3.15.5 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 3.15.5 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).