Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module

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Certificate #4498

Webpage information

Status active
Validation dates 02.05.2023
Sunset date 23-03-2026
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 2
Description Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of open source C libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled applications. NSS implements major Internet security standards. NSS is available free of charge under a variety of open source compatible licenses. See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/.
Tested configurations
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 with PAA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 running on Dell PowerEdge R630 with an Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5 without PAA (single-user mode)
Vendor Red Hat®, Inc.
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Security policy

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, RC2, RC5, RC4, DES, Triple-DES, TDEA, Camellia, SEED, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-224, HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-512
Asymmetric Algorithms
RSA 2048, RSA 1024, ECDSA, Diffie-Hellman, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-224, SHA-512, SHA-384, MD5, PBKDF, PBKDF1
Schemes
MAC, AEAD
Protocols
TLS, TLS v1.0, TLS v1.1, TLS v1.2, IKE
Randomness
DRBG
Libraries
NSS
Elliptic Curves
P-384, P-521, P-256
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, FIPS186-4, FIPS 197, FIPS 180-4, FIPS 198-1, FIPS 186-4, NIST SP 800-56B, SP 800-90A, NIST SP 800-38A, NIST SP 800-38D, NIST SP 800-38F, NIST SP 800-56A, NIST SP 800-67, NIST SP 800-90A, PKCS #11, PKCS#1

File metadata

Title FIPS 140-2 Non-Proprietary Security Policy
Subject Red Hat Enterprise Linux NSS Cryptographic Module
Author Alejandro Fabio Masino
Creation date D:20230320152219-05'00'
Pages 36
Creator Writer
Producer LibreOffice 7.3

Heuristics

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Related CVEs

ID Links Severity CVSS Score Published on
Base Exploitability Impact
CVE-1999-0037
C N
HIGH 7.5 6.4 21.05.1997
CVE-1999-0297
C N
HIGH 7.2 10.0 12.12.1996
CVE-1999-0798
C N
HIGH 10.0 10.0 04.12.1998
CVE-1999-0894
C N
HIGH 10.0 10.0 04.01.2000
CVE-1999-1288
C N
MEDIUM 4.6 6.4 19.11.1998
CVE-2000-0017
C N
HIGH 10.0 10.0 21.12.1999
CVE-2000-0701
C N
MEDIUM 4.6 6.4 20.10.2000
CVE-2000-1207
C N
HIGH 7.2 10.0 30.09.2000
CVE-2001-0690
C N
HIGH 7.5 6.4 20.09.2001
CVE-2001-0886
C N
MEDIUM 4.6 6.4 21.12.2001
CVE-2001-0889
C N
HIGH 7.5 6.4 19.12.2001
CVE-2007-3103
C N
MEDIUM 6.2 10.0 15.07.2007
CVE-2011-2767
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 26.08.2018
CVE-2015-5229
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 08.04.2016
CVE-2015-7833
C N
MEDIUM 4.9 6.9 19.10.2015
CVE-2015-7837
C N
MEDIUM 5.5 3.6 19.09.2017
CVE-2016-3616
C N
HIGH 8.8 5.9 13.02.2017
CVE-2016-7091
C N
MEDIUM 4.4 3.6 22.12.2016
CVE-2016-9675
C N
HIGH 7.8 5.9 22.12.2016
CVE-2017-1000253
C N
HIGH 7.8 5.9 05.10.2017
CVE-2017-15134
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 01.03.2018
CVE-2017-15710
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 26.03.2018
CVE-2017-15715
C N
HIGH 8.1 5.9 26.03.2018
CVE-2017-5645
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 17.04.2017
CVE-2018-1000199
C N
MEDIUM 5.5 3.6 24.05.2018
CVE-2018-1002200
C N
MEDIUM 5.5 3.6 25.07.2018
CVE-2018-10184
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 09.05.2018
CVE-2018-1079
C N
MEDIUM 6.5 3.6 12.04.2018
CVE-2018-1111
C N
HIGH 7.5 5.9 17.05.2018
CVE-2018-1124
C N
HIGH 7.8 5.9 23.05.2018
CVE-2018-11763
C N
MEDIUM 5.9 3.6 25.09.2018
CVE-2018-12372
C N
MEDIUM 6.5 3.6 18.10.2018
CVE-2018-12373
C N
MEDIUM 6.5 3.6 18.10.2018
CVE-2018-12374
C N
MEDIUM 4.3 1.4 18.10.2018
CVE-2018-1283
C N
MEDIUM 5.3 3.6 26.03.2018
CVE-2018-1301
C N
MEDIUM 5.9 3.6 26.03.2018
CVE-2018-14618
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 05.09.2018
CVE-2018-14645
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 21.09.2018
CVE-2018-16395
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 16.11.2018
CVE-2018-16396
C N
HIGH 8.1 5.9 16.11.2018
CVE-2018-16850
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 13.11.2018
CVE-2018-16866
C N
LOW 3.3 1.4 11.01.2019
CVE-2018-17456
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 06.10.2018
CVE-2018-18311
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 07.12.2018
CVE-2018-18312
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 05.12.2018
CVE-2018-18313
C N
CRITICAL 9.1 5.2 07.12.2018
CVE-2018-18314
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 07.12.2018
CVE-2018-20615
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 21.03.2019
CVE-2018-3760
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 26.06.2018
CVE-2018-6914
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 03.04.2018
CVE-2018-8777
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 03.04.2018
CVE-2018-8778
C N
HIGH 7.5 3.6 03.04.2018
CVE-2019-12384
C N
MEDIUM 5.9 3.6 24.06.2019
CVE-2019-14816
C N
HIGH 7.8 5.9 20.09.2019
CVE-2019-9636
C N
CRITICAL 9.8 5.9 08.03.2019
CVE-2021-3672
C N
MEDIUM 5.6 3.4 23.11.2021
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Raw data 

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    "date_sunset": "2026-03-23",
    "description": "Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of open source C libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled applications. NSS implements major Internet security standards. NSS is available free of charge under a variety of open source compatible licenses. See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/.",
    "embodiment": "Multi-Chip Stand Alone",
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    "status": "active",
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