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Ubuntu 22.10, 22.04 LTS USN-5761-1: TrustCor CA Removal Advisory

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu has released an update to eliminate a compromised certificate authority from the ca-certificates package across multiple versions, urging users to update promptly for security
A distrusted certificate authority has been removed from ca-certificates.

Summary

A distrusted certificate authority has been removed from ca-certificates.

Software Description:

- ca-certificates: Common CA certificates

Details:

Due to security concerns, the TrustCor certificate authority has been

marked as distrusted in Mozilla's root store. This update removes the

TrustCor CA certificates from the ca-certificates package.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu certificate ca-certificates TrustCor distrusted CA

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
   ca-certificates                 20211016ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   ca-certificates                 20211016ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   ca-certificates                 20211016ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   ca-certificates                 20211016ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5761-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates/+bug/1998785

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December 05, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu certificate ca-certificates TrustCor distrusted CA

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates/20211016ubuntu0.22.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates/20211016ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates/20211016ubuntu0.20.04.1

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