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SUSE: 2011:0995-1 Critical Update for Openssl-Certs SSL Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2011
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SUSE Security Advisory for openssl-certs: crucial updates related to SSL certificates and root CA modifications are now released.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Summary

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for openssl-certs
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:0995-1
Rating:             important
References:         #714931 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   This updates includes the latest SSL root certificates
   trusted by Mozilla  as of 2011-08-31. This includes
   removing the DigiNotar CA.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-openssl-certs-5085

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-openssl-certs-5085

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-openssl-certs-5085

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (noarch):

      openssl-certs-0.9.8h-27.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (noarch):

      openssl-certs-0.9.8h-27.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (noarch):

      openssl-certs-0.8.0-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (noarch):

      openssl-certs-0.8.0-0.7.9.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (noarch):

      openssl-certs-0.9.8h-27.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (noarch):

      openssl-certs-0.8.0-0.10.1


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