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Fedora 24: Critical Update for mod_nss CVE-2016-3099 SSL Issue

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 24 addresses significant vulnerability found in mod_nss, improving the SSL/TLS functionality.
Security fix for CVE-2016-3099

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:

Security fix for CVE-2016-3099

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix SSL mod_nss CVE-2016-3099

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1323914 - CVE-2016-3099 mod_nss: Invalid handling of +CIPHER operator [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1323914

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 .

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Name: mod_nss
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 1.0.12
Release: 4.fc24
URL: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement/
Summary: SSL/TLS module for the Apache HTTP server

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix SSL mod_nss CVE-2016-3099

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