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Fedora 23 Mod_NSS Update 2015-c76c1c84cf Moderate: TLS Improvements

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Calendar Grey January 8, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The recent mod_ssl security patch enhances Fedora 23 by fixing multiple vulnerabilities, strengthening TLS encryption and introducing practical functionalities.
Update to upstream 1.0.12 * Fixes CVE-2015-5244 * Add support for SNI * Add RenegBufferSize option * Add support for TLS Session Tickets (RFC 5077) For full list of changes see htt...

Summary

The mod_nss module provides strong cryptography for the Apache Web

server via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer

Security (TLS) protocols using the Network Security Services (NSS)

security library.

Update Information:

Update to upstream 1.0.12 * Fixes CVE-2015-5244 * Add support for SNI * Add RenegBufferSize option * Add support for TLS Session Tickets (RFC 5077) For full list of changes see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement mod_nss-1.0.12-1.fc23 - Update to upstream 1.0.12

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora mod_nss TLS enhancements

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1259216 - CVE-2015-5244 mod_nss: incorrect ciphersuite parsing https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259216

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update mod_nss' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: mod_nss
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.0.12
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement/
Summary: SSL/TLS module for the Apache HTTP server

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora mod_nss TLS enhancements

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