Oracle Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module

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Certificate #4226

Webpage information

Status active
Validation dates 12.05.2022 , 02.08.2022
Sunset date 21-09-2026
Standard FIPS 140-2
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in FIPS mode. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy
Exceptions
  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
  • Physical Security: N/A
  • Design Assurance: Level 3
Description Oracle Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled applications.
Tested configurations
  • Oracle Linux 8.4 64 bit running on Oracle Server A1-2C with Ampere(R) Altra(R) Neoverse-N1 with PAA
  • Oracle Linux 8.4 64 bit running on Oracle Server A1-2C with Ampere(R) Altra(R) Neoverse-N1 without PAA (single-user mode)
  • Oracle Linux 8.4 64 bit running on Oracle Server E1-2C with AMD EPYC(TM) 7551 with PAA
  • Oracle Linux 8.4 64 bit running on Oracle Server E1-2C with AMD EPYC(TM) 7551 without PAA
  • Oracle Linux 8.4 64 bit running on Oracle Server X7-2C with Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8167M with PAA
  • Oracle Linux 8.4 64 bit running on Oracle Server X7-2C with Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8167M without PAA
Vendor Oracle Corporation
References

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Security policy

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, RC2, RC4, RC5, DES, Triple-DES, TDEA, Camellia, SEED, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-224, HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-384, HMAC-SHA-512, CMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDSA, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, MD5, PBKDF
Schemes
MAC, Key Exchange, Key agreement
Protocols
SSL, TLS, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3, IKE, IKEv1, IKEv2, IPsec
Randomness
DRBG
Libraries
NSS
Elliptic Curves
P-256, P-384, P-521
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, GCM

Security level
Level 1, level 1
Side-channel analysis
Timing attacks, Timing attack, timing attacks, Timing Attacks

Standards
FIPS 140-2, FIPS PUB 140-2, FIPS 140, FIPS 186-4, FIPS 197, FIPS 180-4, FIPS 198-1, SP 800-132, SP 800-108, NIST SP 800-135, NIST SP 800-90B, SP 800-38F, NIST SP 800-90A, SP 800-135, SP 800-90A, SP 800-90B, SP 800-133, SP 800-57, NIST SP 800-38A, NIST SP 800-38D, NIST SP 800-38F, NIST SP 800-52, NIST SP 800-56A, NIST SP 800-67, PKCS #11, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #12, PKCS 1, RFC 7919, RFC 3526, RFC7919, RFC3526, RFC 5288, X.509

File metadata

Author chris brych
Creation date D:20220711183635+00'00'
Modification date D:20220711183635+00'00'
Pages 41
Creator Microsoft Word

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Related CVEs

ID Links Severity CVSS Score Published on
Base Exploitability Impact
CVE-2021-2464
C N
HIGH 7.8 5.9 24.09.2021
CVE-2021-3551
C N
HIGH 7.8 5.9 16.02.2022
CVE-2022-21499
C N
MEDIUM 4.6 6.4 09.06.2022
CVE-2022-21504
C N
LOW 2.1 2.9 14.06.2022
CVE-2022-21505
C N
MEDIUM 6.7 5.9 24.12.2024
CVE-2023-22024
C N
MEDIUM 5.5 3.6 20.09.2023
CVE-2025-4598
C N
MEDIUM 4.7 3.6 30.05.2025
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References

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Raw data

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