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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5761-2 Critical TrustCor Certificate Removal

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
TrustCor CA has been eliminated from the ca-certificates list because of security issues. This update applies to Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 Extended Security Maintenance systems.
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:

USN-5761-1 updated ca-certificates. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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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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~esm2

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  ca-certificates                 20211016~14.04.1~esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5761-2

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

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December 06, 2022

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