According to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858064 it has been removed when all 1024-bit root certificates have been removed, but this certificate is 4096bit, so it is obviously a mistake: $ openssl x509 -in /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/SwissSign_Platinum_CA_-_G2.crt -text -noout Certificate: Data: Version: 3 (0x2) Serial Number: 4e:b2:00:67:0c:03:5d:4f Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption| grep "RSA Public Key" Issuer: C=CH, O=SwissSign AG, CN=SwissSign Platinum CA - G2 Validity Not Before: Oct 25 08:36:00 2006 GMT Not After : Oct 25 08:36:00 2036 GMT Subject: C=CH, O=SwissSign AG, CN=SwissSign Platinum CA - G2 Subject Public Key Info: Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption Public-Key: (4096 bit) Modulus: 00:ca:df:a2:02:e2:da:f8:fc:07:16:b1:de:60:aa: de:96:5c:64:1f:c7:2f:7e:cf:67:fa:44:42:d6:76: 63:95:ae:eb:af:72:20:8a:45:47:86:62:78:86:d6: 20:39:26:f4:ae:a3:fd:23:e7:a5:9c:b5:22:21:19: b7:37:93:22:c0:50:9c:82:7b:d4:d5:04:44:5c:cb: b4:c2:9f:92:be:24:d8:7b:67:22:e2:69:5f:e5:05: 78:d4:87:d9:71:70:33:25:53:b4:87:3b:29:90:28: 36:9a:55:44:30:68:a4:83:97:7f:0d:1e:9c:76:ff: 15:9d:60:97:00:8d:8a:85:03:ec:80:be:ea:2c:6e: 10:51:92:cc:7e:d5:a3:33:d8:d6:49:de:58:2a:af: f6:16:eb:4b:7b:90:32:97:b9:ba:9d:58:f1:f8:57: 49:04:1e:a2:5d:06:70:dd:71:db:f9:dd:8b:9a:1b: 8c:cf:3d:a3:4d:ce:cb:7c:f6:bb:9c:a0:fa:09:ce: 23:62:b2:e9:0d:1f:e2:72:28:8f:9f:ac:68:20:7d: 6f:3b:a8:85:31:09:7f:0b:c7:e8:65:e9:e3:78:0e: 09:67:30:8b:34:82:fb:5d:e0:cc:9d:81:6d:62:ee: 08:1e:04:2c:4e:9b:ec:fe:a9:4f:5f:fd:69:78:ef: 09:1f:a1:b4:bf:fa:f3:ef:90:1e:4c:05:8b:1e:ea: 7a:91:7a:c3:d7:e5:fb:30:bc:6c:1b:10:58:98:f7: 1a:5f:d0:29:32:03:13:46:4d:61:6a:85:4c:52:74: 2f:06:1f:7b:11:e2:84:97:c6:99:f3:6d:7f:d7:67: 83:7e:13:68:d8:71:28:5a:d8:ce:dd:e8:10:14:9a: fe:6d:23:87:6e:8e:5a:70:3c:d5:8d:09:00:a7:aa: bc:b0:31:37:6d:c8:84:14:1e:5b:bd:45:63:20:6b: 4b:74:8c:bd:db:3a:0e:c1:cf:5a:16:8f:a5:98:f2: 76:89:b2:13:12:3b:0b:77:77:ac:bb:e5:3c:29:4a: 92:72:ca:61:1a:2b:5e:4c:e2:83:74:77:fa:35:48: 7a:85:4d:8d:9a:53:c4:df:78:ca:97:91:48:2b:45: 2b:01:f7:1c:1a:a2:ed:18:ba:0a:bd:83:fa:6f:bc: 8d:57:93:3b:d4:d4:a6:ce:1e:f1:a0:b1:ce:ab:fd: 2b:28:9a:4f:1b:d7:c3:72:db:a4:c4:bf:5d:4c:f5: dd:7b:96:69:ee:68:80:e6:e7:98:ba:36:b7:fe:6e: ed:2b:bd:20:f8:65:19:da:55:09:7e:25:dc:fe:61: 62:72:f9:7e:18:02:ef:63:b4:d0:fb:af:e5:3b:63: 8c:67:8f Exponent: 65537 (0x10001) X509v3 extensions: X509v3 Key Usage: critical Certificate Sign, CRL Sign X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical CA:TRUE X509v3 Subject Key Identifier: 50:AF:CC:07:87:15:47:6F:38:C5:B4:65:D1:DE:95:AA:E9:DF:9C:CC X509v3 Authority Key Identifier: keyid:50:AF:CC:07:87:15:47:6F:38:C5:B4:65:D1:DE:95:AA:E9:DF:9C:CC X509v3 Certificate Policies: Policy: 2.16.756.1.89.1.1.1.1 CPS: http://repository.swisssign.com/ Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption 08:85:a6:f5:16:0c:fc:44:1a:c1:63:e0:f9:55:46:08:fc:70: 1c:42:28:96:8e:b7:c5:c1:41:75:4e:09:71:79:e5:6d:96:ca: 4b:a5:88:60:d0:30:74:b8:ca:08:dc:b4:30:9e:40:07:16:6b: 65:95:77:01:ae:a4:b7:35:0b:81:da:71:15:a9:74:17:38:7b: 58:ca:f9:2f:fb:c0:65:76:8d:5b:01:b9:7d:de:82:3d:64:b8: be:14:74:a3:0a:54:d3:2c:95:18:17:35:f5:51:6b:3f:8f:a2: 96:61:39:78:6b:4b:e5:a6:a0:f8:53:df:51:10:93:62:e7:80: 2f:e2:d1:e0:bc:8e:36:46:77:33:ec:b8:fb:8e:9a:2c:89:4d: 31:11:0f:26:9e:04:bb:b7:04:8d:0b:f2:b9:fc:5a:9d:3b:16: b7:2f:c8:98:ab:fe:8a:50:59:2e:a3:3b:fc:29:5d:8b:c1:4b: c9:e2:8a:13:1d:b1:bf:bb:42:1d:52:dd:4e:d8:14:5e:10:c6: 31:07:ef:71:27:f7:1b:39:09:dc:82:ea:8b:b3:95:86:5e:fd: f5:da:5d:31:a6:e0:31:b6:94:e6:44:49:74:c5:16:e5:f7:1f: 03:61:28:c5:c8:cb:12:a0:42:4b:f9:6b:88:08:8d:b4:32:18: f3:75:9f:c4:7f:00:4f:05:95:9c:a3:17:02:c3:b3:53:9b:aa: 20:39:29:2b:66:fa:9d:af:5e:b3:92:d2:b5:a6:e1:1a:f9:2d: 41:69:81:14:b4:b4:b5:ed:89:3d:ce:fb:a9:9d:35:42:44:b1: 1c:14:73:81:cf:2a:01:35:9a:31:d5:2d:8f:6d:84:df:80:4d: 57:e3:3f:c5:84:75:da:89:c6:30:bb:eb:8f:cb:22:08:a0:ae: aa:f1:03:6c:3a:4b:4d:09:a5:0e:72:c6:56:6b:21:42:4e:23: 25:14:68:ae:76:0a:7c:0c:07:70:64:f9:9a:2f:f6:05:39:26: c6:0c:8f:19:7f:43:5e:6e:f4:5b:15:2f:db:61:5d:e6:67:2f: 3f:08:94:f9:60:b4:98:31:da:74:f1:84:93:71:4d:5f:fb:60: 58:d1:fb:c4:c1:6d:89:a2:bb:20:1f:9d:71:91:cb:32:9b:13: 3d:3e:7d:92:52:35:ac:92:94:a2:d3:18:c2:7c:c7:ea:af:76: 05:16:dd:67:27:c2:7e:1c:07:22:21:f3:40:0a:1b:34:07:44: 13:c2:84:6a:8e:df:19:5a:bf:7f:eb:1d:e2:1a:38:d1:5c:af: 47:92:6b:80:b5:30:a5:c9:8d:d8:ab:31:81:1f:df:c2:66:37: d3:93:a9:85:86:79:65:d2