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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5473-2: Critical CA Certificates Update

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5473-3 deals with obsolete CA certificates in Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, providing an essential patch.
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:

USN-5473-1 updated ca-certificates. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates.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

refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.50 version

of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  ca-certificates                 20211016~16.04.1~esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5473-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5473-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates/+bug/1976631

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July 13, 2022

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