1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6105-2

USN-6105-2: ca-certificates update

Publication date

24 May 2023

Overview

The CA certificates in the ca-certificates package were updated.

Releases

Packages

Details

USN-6105-1 updated ca-certificates. This provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update
refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.60 version
of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

USN-6105-1 updated ca-certificates. This provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update
refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.60 version
of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

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
16.04 xenial ca-certificates –  20230311~16.04.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty ca-certificates –  20230311~14.04.1~esm1  

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