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Fedora 25: 2017-b9ffa8b00f Moderate: canl-c CA Certificate Fix

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Calendar Grey March 7, 2017
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A significant upgrade for canl-c in Fedora 25 improves the validation process for CA certificate chains. Use dnf to install.
Security fix in CA certificate chain verification (better check untrusted CA certificates from peer, more strict error handling).

Summary

This is the C part of the EMI caNl -- the Common Authentication Library.

Update Information:

Security fix in CA certificate chain verification (better check untrusted CA certificates from peer, more strict error handling).

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora moderate severity error handling CA certificate canl-c

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-b9ffa8b00f 2017-03-06 19:42:01.708954
Name : canl-c Product : Fedora 25 Version : 2.1.8 Release : 1.fc25 URL : Summary : EMI Common Authentication library - bindings for C Description : This is the C part of the EMI caNl -- the Common Authentication Library.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade canl-c' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Name: canl-c
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 2.1.8
Release: 1.fc25
URL: Summary : EMI Common Authentication library - bindings for C

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora moderate severity error handling CA certificate canl-c

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