NSS 3.96.1 Release

[Benjamin Beurdouche]

Dear all,

Network Security Services (NSS) 3.96.1 was tagged on 18th December 2023 and released today.

The HG tag is NSS_3_96_1_RTM. This version of NSS requires NSPR 4.35 or newer.

NSS 3.96.1 source distributions are available on ftp.mozilla.org for
secure HTTPS download:

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_96_1_RTM/src/

Changes:

• Bug 1869408 - Use pypi dependencies for MacOS worker in ./build_gyp.sh
• Bug 1830978 - p7sign: add -a hash and -u certusage (also p7verify cleanups).
• Bug 1867408 - add a defensive check for large ssl_DefSend return values.
• Bug 1869378 - Add dependency to the taskcluster script for Darwin
• Bug 1869378 - Upgrade version of the MacOS worker for the CI

NSS 3.96.1 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 are available at
<https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/index.html>.

Best,

Benjamin