14 DAY TRIAL // A new OpenSSL update has been pushed in the repositories for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS operating systems.
Ever since the major vulnerabilities that were found in OpenSSL, the development pace for this important component has picked up tremendously and we now get updates for it much faster.
“USN-2913-1 removed 1024-bit RSA CA certificates from the ca-certificates package. This update adds support for alternate certificate chains to the OpenSSL package to properly handle the removal. The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates,” reads the security notice.
For a more detailed description of the problems, you can see Canonical's security notification. Users are advised to upgrade their systems as soon as possible, especially since this is a complicated core component, and it needs a lot of attention.
You can also use the terminal to update the system in case you don't want the regular channels. Just enter these commands in a terminal near you:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
This particular update for OpenSSL will most likely land in other distributions as well, so you can keep an eye out for it. You can also download the source package for OpenSSL from Softpedia, if you need it.