Bug 613714

Summary:	app-misc/ca-certificates: Symantec trust
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) <whissi>
Component:	Auditing	Assignee:	Gentoo Security Audit Team <security-audit>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	arthur, base-system, bertrand
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink-dev/eUAKwjihhBs
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=598072
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-03-24 09:00:40 UTC

Given that we have distrusted WoSign and StartSSL (bug #598072) before upstream changed anything it is now time to do the same for Symantec after Google announced to effectively nullify all currently valid certificates issued by Symantec-owned CAs.

Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-03-24 09:29:48 UTC

commit 6f25c0fc00d14fba2d2597039c3cb2334182eefd
Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 24 10:28:50 2017

    app-misc/ca-certificates: Revbump adding Symantec to insecure certs

    Gentoo bug #613714

    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.5, Repoman-2.3.2

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-04-12 11:04:30 UTC

Just for the records, the commit from comment #1 was reverted by a mask (via commit https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/profiles/package.mask?id=1d41acb61bc8807f1974a47c7232ce7a12821340) just a few minutes after the bump.

Gentoo is awaiting action from any CAB member before changing trust for Symantec in Gentoo.

Comment 3 Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-04-12 11:04:58 UTC

Mozilla issues list: https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:Symantec_Issues
Mozilla discussion happening in several threads at https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy (including series with subject of "Symantec Response [XYZ]"

Next update expected on or before 20th of April (easter time extended deadline to Symantec)

Comment 4 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-04-22 17:39:59 UTC

ca-certificates-20161130.3.30-r1 dropped.