USN-5089-1: ca-certificates update

Publication date

23 September 2021

Overview

A certificate about to expire was removed from ca-certificates.


Packages

Details

The ca-certificates package contained a CA certificate that will expire on
2021-09-30 and will cause connectivity issues. This update removes the
“DST Root CA X3” CA.

The ca-certificates package contained a CA certificate that will expire on
2021-09-30 and will cause connectivity issues. This update removes the
“DST Root CA X3” CA.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
21.04 hirsute ca-certificates –  20210119ubuntu0.21.04.1
20.04 focal ca-certificates –  20210119~20.04.2
18.04 bionic ca-certificates –  20210119~18.04.2

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