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GnuTLS -- improper SSL certificate verification

Description:

GnuTLS reports:

By using a NUL byte in CN/SAN fields, it was possible to fool GnuTLS into 1) not printing the entire CN/SAN field value when printing a certificate and 2) cause incorrect positive matches when matching a hostname against a certificate.

References:

Affects:

portaudit: GnuTLS -- improper SSL certificate verification

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>