Ubuntu 11.10 LTS USN-1197-7 Critical: ca-certificates-java Fraudulent Issue

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March 27, 2012

A certificate authority mis-issued fraudulent certificates.

Summary

A certificate authority mis-issued fraudulent certificates.

Software Description:

- ca-certificates-java: Common CA certificates (JKS keystore)

Details:

USN-1197-5 addressed an issue in ca-certificates pertaining to the Dutch

Certificate Authority DigiNotar mis-issuing fraudulent certificates.

This update provides the corresponding update for ca-certificates-java.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Dutch Certificate Authority DigiNotar had

mis-issued multiple fraudulent certificates. These certificates could allow

an attacker to perform a "man in the middle" (MITM) attack which would make

the user believe their connection is secure, but is actually being

monitored.

Topics Covered

security advisory ubuntu man-in-the-middle fraudulent certificates ca-certificates-java

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
  ca-certificates-java            20110912ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  ca-certificates-java            20100412ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.10:
  ca-certificates-java            20100412ubuntu0.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  ca-certificates-java            20100406ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart any application using
ca-certificates-java to make all the necessary changes.