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ca_root_nss -- extraction of explicitly-untrusted certificates into trust bundle

Affected packages
ca_root_nss < 3.12.11

Details

VuXML ID 1b27af46-d6f6-11e0-89a6-080027ef73ec
Discovery 2011-09-04
Entry 2011-09-04

Matthias Andree reports that the ca-bundle.pl used in older versions of the ca_root_nss FreeBSD port before 3.12.11 did not take the Mozilla/NSS/CKBI untrusted markers into account and would add certificates to the trust bundle that were marked unsafe by Mozilla.

References

FreeBSD PR ports/160455

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