Re: CVE request: openssl: missing critical flag for extended key usage not always detected in time-stamp verification

[Florian Weimer <fweimer () redhat com>]

On 04/16/2014 10:10 PM, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Quoting from [0]:
> > "check_purpose_timestamp_sign()" in source file v3_purp.c [...] fails to
> > detect a missing critical flag if the extensions of the TSA certificate
> > are arranged in a specific order.
>
> Could a CVE id be assigned for this?

As described, this isn't a security issue, but the actual commit

<http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=300b9f0b704048f60776881f1d378c74d9c32fbd>

might constitute a security fix if this applies not just to extensions 
on TSA certificates.

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team