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SUSE: 2018:3572-1 Moderate: Apache2-Mod_Nss Security Update

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
Essential SUSE Security Patch focusing on apache2-mod_nss vulnerabilities, stipulating baseline NSS version requirements alongside adjustments to SQLite database settings.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Summary

This update for apache2-mod_nss fixes the following issues: Due to the update of mozilla-nss apache2-mod_nss needs to be updated to change to the SQLite certificate database, which is now the default (bsc#1108771). Because of that this update is tagged as security, to reach customers that only install secuirty updates. Other changes contained: - Require minimal NSS version of 3.25 because of SSLv2 changes (bsc#993642) - Add support for SHA384 TLS ciphers (bsc#863035) - Remove deprecated NSSSessionCacheTimeout option from mod_nss.conf.in (bsc#998176) - Change ownership of the gencert generated NSS database so apache can read it (bsc#998180) - Use correct configuration path in mod_nss.conf.in (bsc#996282) - Generate dummy certificates if there aren't any in mod_nss.d (bsc#998183) Patch Instructions:

References

#1108771 #863035 #993642 #996282 #998176

#998180 #998183

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108771

https://bugzilla.suse.com/863035

https://bugzilla.suse.com/993642

https://bugzilla.suse.com/996282

https://bugzilla.suse.com/998176

https://bugzilla.suse.com/998180

https://bugzilla.suse.com/998183

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3572-1
Rating: moderate

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