Recommended update for apache2-mod_nss

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1708-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that contains one feature and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for apache2-mod_nss fixes the following issues:

  • Update from version 1.0.14 to 1.0.17 (jsc#ECO-1907, bsc#1167322)
  • Add TLSv1.3 support
  • Update documentation for TLS 1.3
  • Add TLS 1.3 support to the cipher tests
  • PEP-8 fixups
  • Change the default certificate database format to SQLite.
  • Try to auto-detect the NSS database format if not specified
  • Update nss_pcache.8 man page to drop directory and prefix
  • When a token is configured in password file only authenticate once
  • Return an error when NSSPassPhraseDialog is invalid
  • Move 3DES ciphers down from HIGH to MEDIUM to match OpenSSL 1.0.2k+
  • Add -Werror=implicit-function-declaration to CFLAGS
  • Handle group membership when testing for file permissions
  • NSS system-wide policy now disables SSLv3, don't use it in tests
  • Add missing error messages for libssl errors
  • Fix doc typo in SSL_[SERVER|CLIENT]_SAN_IPaddr env variable name
  • When including additional test config use specific extension
  • Fix the TLS Session ID cache
  • Make an invalid protocol setting fatal
  • Don't use same NSS db in nss_pcache as mod_nss, use NSS_NoDB_Init()
  • Add info log message when FIPS is enabled
    • Add AES-256 and drop DES, CAST128, SKIPJACK as wrapping key types
  • Fix removal of CR from PEM certificates
  • Add OCSP caching and timeout tuning knobs
  • Check the NSS database directory permissions as well as the files inside it for read access on startup.
  • Add in simple aliases for ciphers to fix those that don't follow the pattern (dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha256, dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha256) and those with typos (camelia_128_sha, camelia_256_sha)
  • Don't set remote user in fixup hook

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1708=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1708=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1708=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1708=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1708=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1708=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • apache2-mod_nss-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debugsource-1.0.17-19.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • apache2-mod_nss-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debugsource-1.0.17-19.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • apache2-mod_nss-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debugsource-1.0.17-19.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • apache2-mod_nss-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debugsource-1.0.17-19.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • apache2-mod_nss-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debugsource-1.0.17-19.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • apache2-mod_nss-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debuginfo-1.0.17-19.12.1
    • apache2-mod_nss-debugsource-1.0.17-19.12.1

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