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Ubuntu 20.04 Dogtag PKI Critical Access Renew Advisory USN-8158-1

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Potential unintended access from Dogtag PKI vulnerabilities affects Ubuntu 20.04 and 18.04 LTS. Immediate updates suggested.
Dogtag PKI could allow unintended access to network resources.

Summary

Dogtag PKI could allow unintended access to network resources.

Software Description:

- dogtag-pki: Enterprise-class Certificate Authority

Details:

Fraser Tweedale and Geetika Kapoor discovered that Dogtag PKI could renew a

certificate without proper authentication. An attacker could possibly use

this to repeatedly renew a compromised certificate and maintain

unauthorized access to a system or resource.

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Topics Covered

security advisory unauthorized access critical Ubuntu certificate renewal Dogtag PKI

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  dogtag-pki                      10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libsymkey-java                  10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libsymkey-jni                   10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-base                        10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-base-java                   10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-ca                          10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-console                     10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-kra                         10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-ocsp                        10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-server                      10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-tks                         10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-tools                       10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-tps                         10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-tps-client                  10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-pki-base                10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  dogtag-pki                      10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libsymkey-java                  10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libsymkey-jni                   10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-base                        10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-base-java                   10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-ca                          10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-console                     10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-kra                         10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-ocsp                        10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-server                      10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-tks                         10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-tools                       10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-tps                         10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  pki-tps-client                  10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-pki-base                10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8158-1

CVE-2021-20179

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8158-1

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

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