RHEA-2014:1500 - Product Enhancement Advisory

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

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1035355 - Rebase ca-certificates in RHEL 6.6 to NSS 3.16.1 version (will remove expired Firmaprofesional cert, etc.)

CVEs

(none)

References

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