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    • elite_kzmE
      elite_kzm
      last edited by

      Add me to the list. Was working earlier today, then stopped working for me this evening. I initially suspected it may have been related to some changes I made to DNS Resolver configuration, but after spending an hour or so tearing my hair out and trying various potential fixes I found online, I stumbled on this thread. Getting the exact same error when I try running /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static update -f per this page.

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      • fjsantosF
        fjsantos
        last edited by

        Me too:

        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
        Certificate verification failed for /C=SE/O=AddTrust AB/OU=AddTrust External TTP Network/CN=AddTrust External CA Root
        34406329672:error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/build/ce-crossbuild-245/sources/FreeBSD-src/crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:1269:

        blablabla

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          AB5G
          last edited by AB5G

          Same for me

          Updating repositories metadata...
          pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended
          Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
          Certificate verification failed for /C=SE/O=AddTrust AB/OU=AddTrust External TTP Network/CN=AddTrust External CA Root

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          • A
            Apsis-IM
            last edited by

            I'm pretty new to pfsense and BSD in general. I went wild with fixes all over this board, Reddit, and random google search results. It appears this has happened before (May 2020). The netgate team had to update certs on the webserver.

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              Yamabushi @Apsis-IM
              last edited by

              @apsis-im
              Yep, I think you are correct.

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              • JRubenCJ
                JRubenC
                last edited by

                +1

                Not working either on a new install I was performing this Saturday.

                Interestingly, both https://files00.netgate.com/ and https://files01.netgate.com/ have a valid certificate:

                *  subject: OU=Domain Control Validated; OU=PositiveSSL Wildcard; CN=*.netgate.com
                *  start date: Mar 13 00:00:00 2019 GMT
                *  expire date: Apr 11 23:59:59 2021 GMT
                

                so clearly is something deeper in their setup... I guess we have to wait.

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                  castigo86
                  last edited by

                  Yeah, same for me on pgk upgrade && pkg update.

                  Certificate verification failed for /C=SE/O=AddTrust AB/OU=AddTrust External TTP Network/CN=AddTrust External CA Root

                  Let's wait and see

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                    monofox
                    last edited by

                    +1

                    Can confirm this on latest stable pfSense factory. This does still happen after removing AddTrust CA from /usr/local/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt (may we need to reboot?)

                    curl, openssl, etc. is choosing the correct certification path. fetch / pkg on freebsd seems to choose a different way for certification verification? Normally it should automatically ignore the AddTrust also its send from server and divert to system path and to go one of those two ways:
                    712dd960-4ee4-4734-a64b-e31e79fc7664-image.png

                    If i see it correctly, #1 must be possible for pfSense, as USERTrust RSA Certification Authority seems in system store.

                    Temporarily for urgent matter, it is strongly not recommended, but possible by disabling certification peer check via env SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER=1 pkg update

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                      Alex89
                      last edited by

                      Same here.. Thought it was an error on my side until i found this thread.. ๐Ÿ˜†
                      I guess we have to wait for the Team to fix that..?

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                        castigo86
                        last edited by

                        Did anyone post a bug report?

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                        • provelsP
                          provels @castigo86
                          last edited by

                          @castigo86
                          I wouldn't worry too much. Mods will see in forum.

                          Peder

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                          • JRubenCJ
                            JRubenC @provels
                            last edited by

                            @provels said in certificate error while running pkg update:

                            @castigo86
                            I wouldn't worry too much. Mods will see in forum.

                            Yeah. But it's a bit embarrasing that for everybody out there running pfsense systems, we're now stuck without being able to install new packages just because someone somewhere hasn't a proper monitoring of something and someone somewhere has to wake up on this Saturday, check the forums, see the 2 threads about it, think "shit!" and fix it.

                            ๐Ÿ˜Š

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                              ddave
                              last edited by

                              any options to install from command line? Trying to setup the OpenVPN Export wizard.

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                              • R
                                revengineer
                                last edited by

                                Same issue here.

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                                  Zak 0
                                  last edited by

                                  Same, joined to post a question to get help, will get fixed when it's fixed.

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                                    nolaquen
                                    last edited by

                                    Had the issue all morning, but it's back up and working for me now.

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                                      castigo86
                                      last edited by

                                      Yap, I can confirm it's working for me too now.

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                                      • viktor_gV
                                        viktor_g Netgate
                                        last edited by

                                        Fixed! ๐Ÿ‘

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                                        • fjsantosF
                                          fjsantos
                                          last edited by

                                          @viktor_g said in certificate error while running pkg update:

                                          Fixed!

                                          Fixed!

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                                          • elite_kzmE
                                            elite_kzm
                                            last edited by

                                            Working for me now as well, but I had to manually force an update via the cmd line: /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static update -f

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