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Red Hat 6: RHSA-2011-1248-01 Critical: Fraudulent HTTPS Certificates

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Calendar Grey September 2, 2011
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Critical ca-certificates upgrade for Red Hat E.L. 6 addressing a significant vulnerability concerning counterfeit HTTPS certificates.
An updated ca-certificates package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

This package contains the set of CA certificates chosen by the Mozilla Foundation for use with the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
It was found that a Certificate Authority (CA) issued fraudulent HTTPS certificates. This update removes that CA's root certificate from the ca-certificates package, rendering any HTTPS certificates signed by that CA as untrusted. (BZ#734381)
All users should upgrade to this updated package. After installing the update, all applications using the ca-certificates package must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat software patch important update certificate issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
noarch: ca-certificates-2010.63-3.el6_1.5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
noarch: ca-certificates-2010.63-3.el6_1.5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
noarch: ca-certificates-2010.63-3.el6_1.5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
noarch: ca-certificates-2010.63-3.el6_1.5.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1248-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1248.html
Issue date: 2011-09-02

Topic

An updated ca-certificates package that fixes one security issue is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact.

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat software patch important update certificate issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

734381 - Remove DigiNotar CA cert from RHEL packages

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