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Several weak certificates were issued by Malaysian intermediate CA "Digicert Sdn. Bhd." This event, along with other issues, has lead to Entrust Inc. and Verizon Cybertrust to revoke the CA's cross-signed certificates. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2343-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Raphael Geissert November 09, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : openssl Vulnerability : CA trust revocation Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no Several weak certificates were issued by Malaysian intermediate CA "Digicert Sdn. Bhd." This event, along with other issues, has lead to Entrust Inc. and Verizon Cybertrust to revoke the CA's cross-signed certificates. This update to OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit, reflects this decision by marking Digicert Sdn. Bhd.'s certificates as revoked. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8g-15+lenny14. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8o-4squeeze4. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.0e-2.1. We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . A number of flawed certificates were released, prompting substantial revocation measures and an immediate OpenSSL upgrade for Ubuntu.. openssl Update, Debian Security Advisory, Certificate Revocation. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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