Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHEA-2014:1500 - ca-certificates enhancement update


Synopsis

ca-certificates enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated ca-certificates package that adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ca-certificates package contains a set of CA certificates chosen by the Mozilla Foundation for use with the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

The ca-certificate package has been upgraded to version 2014.1.98, released with Network Security Services (NSS) version 3.16.1, which provides a number of enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1035355)

Users of ca-certificates are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • ca-certificates-2014.1.98-65.1.el6.src.rpm
  • ca-certificates-2014.1.98-65.1.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information