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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2009-08-04 09:27:10 +0000
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2009-08-04 09:27:10 +0000
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Abort verification if Subject CommonName/AltName contains NUL.
svn path=/branches/BRANCH_6-3/; revision=5389
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@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ removed from a 6.4.0 or newer release.)
fetchmail 6.3.11 (released XXXX-XX-XX - i. e. not yet):
+# SECURITY BUGFIXES
+* Fetchmail checks the Subject CommonName and Subject AltName X.509 certificate
+ fields for embedded NUL characters and aborts certificate verification to
+ counter recent SSL certificate verification attacks. Untested.
+
# BUGFIXES
* Remove the spurious message "message delimiter found while scanning headers".
RFC-5322 syntax states that the delimiter is part of the body, and the body is