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Ubuntu 20.10: USN-4608-1 Moderate: CA Certificates Update

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Calendar Grey October 28, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Keep your Ubuntu system secure by routinely updating CA certificates. Follow this simple guide to stay protected against vulnerabilities.
The CA certificates in the ca-certificates package were updated.

Summary

The CA certificates in the ca-certificates package were updated.

Software Description:

- ca-certificates: Common CA certificates

Details:

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update

refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.44 version

of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  ca-certificates                 20201027ubuntu0.20.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  ca-certificates                 20201027ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  ca-certificates                 20201027ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  ca-certificates                 20201027ubuntu0.16.04.1

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

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates/+bug/1900727

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October 28, 2020

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