USN-4377-2: ca-certificates update

Publication date

1 June 2020

Overview

An expired certificate was removed from ca-certificates.


Packages

Details

USN-4377-1 updated ca-certificates. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

The ca-certificates package contained an expired CA certificate that caused
connectivity issues. This update removes the “AddTrust External Root” CA.

In addition, on Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, this update
refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 20190110
package.

USN-4377-1 updated ca-certificates. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

The ca-certificates package contained an expired CA certificate that caused
connectivity issues. This update removes the “AddTrust External Root” CA.

In addition, on Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, this update
refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 20190110
package.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty ca-certificates –  20190110~14.04.1~esm1
12.04 precise ca-certificates –  20190110~12.04.1

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