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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2010-08-27 20:59:54 +0200
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2010-08-27 21:10:43 +0200
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Require that X.509 wildcards start with "*.",
rather than just "*", to make abuse harder.
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@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ fetchmail-6.3.18 (not yet released):
credentials. This avoids getting servers such as Exchange 2007 wedged if
GSSAPI authentication fails. Reported by Patrick Rynhart, Debian Bug #568455,
and Alan Murrell, to the fetchmail-users list.
+* Fetchmail now only accepts wildcard certificate common names and subject
+ alternative names if they start with "*.". Previous versions would accept
+ wildcards even if no period followed immediately.
# CHANGES
* When encountering incorrect headers, fetchmail will refer to the bad-header