.. _mozilla_projects_nss_nss_3_44_4_release_notes:

NSS 3.44.4 release notes
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`Introduction <#introduction>`__
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   The NSS team has released Network Security Services (NSS) 3.44.4 on **19 May 2020**. This is  a
   security patch release.

   Thank you to Cesar Pereida Garcia and the Network and Information Security Group (NISEC) at
   Tampere University for reporting this issue.



`Distribution Information <#distribution_information>`__
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   The HG tag is NSS_3_44_4_RTM. NSS 3.44.4 requires NSPR 4.21 or newer.

   NSS 3.44.4 source distributions are available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download:

   -  Source tarballs:
      https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_44_4_RTM/src/

   Other releases are available in :ref:`mozilla_projects_nss_nss_releases`.

.. _new_in_nss_3.44.4:

`New in NSS 3.44.4 <#new_in_nss_3.44.4>`__
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   No new functionality is introduced in this release.

.. _bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.44.4:

`Bugs fixed in NSS 3.44.4 <#bugs_fixed_in_nss_3.44.4>`__
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   -  `CVE-2020-12399 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-12399>`__ - Force a
      fixed length for DSA exponentiation

`Compatibility <#compatibility>`__
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   NSS 3.44.4 shared libraries are backward compatible with all older NSS 3.x shared libraries. A
   program linked with older NSS 3.x shared libraries will work with NSS 3.44.4 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.

`Feedback <#feedback>`__
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   Bugs discovered should be reported by filing a bug report with
   `bugzilla.mozilla.org <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=NSS>`__ (product NSS).