Merge branch '3.7.8' into 'master'

Release 3.7.8

See merge request gnutls/gnutls!1646

NEWS

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2000-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
-* Version 3.7.8 (unreleased)
+* Version 3.7.8 (released 2022-09-27)
 
 ** libgnutls: In FIPS140 mode, RSA signature verification is an approved
    operation if the key has modulus with known sizes (1024, 1280,
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ See the end for copying conditions.
    master secret extension is negotiated). Otherwise the function now
    returns error.
 
+** libgnutls: usage of the following functions, which are designed to
+   loosen restrictions imposed by allowlisting mode of configuration,
+   has been additionally restricted. Invoking them is now only allowed
+   if system-wide TLS priority string has not been initialized yet:
+gnutls_digest_set_secure
+gnutls_sign_set_secure
+gnutls_sign_set_secure_for_certs
+gnutls_protocol_set_enabled
+
+** API and ABI modifications:
+No changes since last version.
+
 * Version 3.7.7 (released 2022-07-28)
 
 ** libgnutls: Fixed double free during verification of pkcs7 signatures.

configure.ac

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.64)
 
 dnl when updating version also update LT_REVISION in m4/hooks.m4
-AC_INIT([GnuTLS], [3.7.7], [[email protected]])
+AC_INIT([GnuTLS], [3.7.8], [[email protected]])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4 src/gl/m4 lib/unistring/m4])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST

m4/hooks.m4

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBGNUTLS_HOOKS],
   #
   # Interfaces removed:                           AGE=0 (+bump all symbol versions in .map)
   AC_SUBST(LT_CURRENT, 64)
-  AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION, 1)
+  AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION, 2)
   AC_SUBST(LT_AGE, 34)
 
   AC_SUBST(LT_SSL_CURRENT, 27)