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title: "CVE-2021-3601\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3601?format=md
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# CVE-2021-3601

Publication date 29 July 2022

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none.
Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. OpenSSL does not class
this issue as a security vulnerability. The trusted CA store should not
contain anything that the user does not trust to issue other certificates.
Notes:
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/5236#issuecomment-119646061

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3601?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openssl | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| openssl1.0 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

this affects 1.0.2 and earlier only
as of 2019-06-18, upstream will not be fixing this, and no fix
is available
we will not be fixing this issue in Ubuntu, marking as ignored
as of 2022-08-05, this CVE has now been rejected, so marking as
not-affected

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3601)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3601)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2021-3601)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3601)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3601>