NSS 3.79.3 ESR Release

[Benjamin Beurdouche]

Dear all,

Network Security Services (NSS) 3.79.3 was released out of cycle on 10 January 2022.

The HG tag is NSS_3_79_3_RTM. This version of NSS requires NSPR 4.31.2 or newer.

This is a backport of the TrustCor Root CA changes to NSS ESR (already available since NSS 3.86) which will be used in Firefox 102.8 ESR.

NSS 3.79.3 source distributions will soon be available on ftp.mozilla.org for
secure HTTPS download:
<https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_79_3_RTM/src/>

Changes:
   - Bug 1803453 - Set CKA_NSS_SERVER_DISTRUST_AFTER and CKA_NSS_EMAIL_DISTRUST_AFTER for 3 TrustCor Root Certificates


NSS 3.79.3 shared libraries are backwards-compatible with all older NSS
3.x shared libraries. A program linked with older NSS 3.x shared
libraries will work with this new version of the 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.

Bugs discovered should be reported by filing a bug report at
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=NSS>

Release notes will be available at
<https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/index.html>
though you should expect a small delay.

Best,

Benjamin