Amazon Linux 2023 NSS Cryptographic Module

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Certificate #5014

Webpage information

Status active
Validation dates 02.05.2025 , 11.02.2026
Sunset date 01-05-2030
Standard FIPS 140-3
Security level 1
Type Software
Embodiment Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat When operated in approved mode and installed, initialized and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy.
Exceptions
  • Physical security: N/A
  • Non-invasive security: N/A
Description The Amazon Linux 2023 NSS Cryptographic Module provides a C language application program interface designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSLv3, TLS, IKEv2, PKCS#5, PKCS#7, PKCS#11, PKCS#12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards supporting FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic algorithms.
Vendor Amazon Web Services, Inc.
References

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Security policy

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms
AES, AES-, CAST, RC2, RC4, DES, ChaCha20, Poly1305, Camellia, SEED, HMAC, HMAC-SHA-512, CBC-MAC, CMAC
Asymmetric Algorithms
ECDH, ECDSA, ECC, DH, DSA
Hash functions
SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA2, SHA3-256, MD5, PBKDF2, PBKDF
Schemes
MAC
Protocols
SSL, TLS, TLS v1.2, TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3, IKEv2, IKEv1, IKE
Randomness
DRBG, RNG, RBG
Libraries
NSS
Elliptic Curves
P-256, P-192, P-521
Block cipher modes
ECB, CBC, CTR, GCM

Trusted Execution Environments
PSP, SSC

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

Standards
FIPS 140, FIPS 140-3, FIPS PUB 140, FIPS186, FIPS 186, FIPS 198, FIPS 180, FIPS186-4, FIPS140, FIPS180, FIPS197, FIPS198, PKCS#5, PKCS#7, PKCS#11, PKCS#12, PKCS 1, PKCS#1, RFC7627, RFC 5288, RFC8446, RFC 5996, RFC 3526, RFC 7919, X.509

File metadata

Creation date D:20260128135511-05'00'
Modification date D:20260128135742-05'00'
Pages 49
Creator Acrobat PDFMaker 25 for Word
Producer Adobe PDF Library 25.1.5

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Related CVEs

ID Links Severity CVSS Score Published on
Base score
CVE-2024-6387
C N
HIGH 8.1 01.07.2024

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Raw data 

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