curl to github.com fails with "NSS error -12190"

Issue

• curl to github.com fails with "NSS error -12190"

$ curl https://github.com -v
* About to connect() to github.com port 443 (#0)
*   Trying 192.30.255.113... connected
* Connected to github.com (192.30.255.113) port 443 (#0)
* Initializing NSS with certpath: sql:/etc/pki/nssdb
*   CAfile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
  CApath: none
* NSS error -12190
* Error in TLS handshake, trying SSLv3...
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.19.7 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.19.7 NSS/3.14.3.0 zlib/1.2.3 libidn/1.18 libssh2/1.4.2
> Host: github.com
> Accept: */*
> 
* Connection died, retrying a fresh connect
* Closing connection #0
* Issue another request to this URL: 'https://github.com'
* About to connect() to github.com port 443 (#0)
*   Trying 192.30.255.113... connected
* Connected to github.com (192.30.255.113) port 443 (#0)
* TLS disabled due to previous handshake failure
*   CAfile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
  CApath: none
* NSS error -12286
* Closing connection #0
* SSL connect error
curl: (35) SSL connect error
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