From: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>, Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] imap-send: only check the CN if no SAN DNS names are present
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 23:12:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907211210.2621693-4-dev+git@drbeat.li> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907211210.2621693-1-dev+git@drbeat.li>
Checking the certificate subject's common name may only be done if the
subjectAltNames extension contains no DNS entries. If no SAN DNS name
matches, there's no match.
Per RFC 6125 section 6.4.4[1]:
As noted, a client MUST NOT seek a match for a reference identifier
of CN-ID if the presented identifiers include a DNS-ID, SRV-ID,
URI-ID, or any application-specific identifier types supported by the
client.
This change was inspired by a similar commit in the HAProxy project[2].
[1]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6125#section-6.4.4
[2]: https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy/commit/75129aaacb7a7b172f4e5334db71d6c1c50a3dbf
Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
---
imap-send.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index 9a807cdde8..66d3dbfaa5 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ static int verify_hostname(X509 *cert, const char *hostname)
#endif
const X509_NAME_ENTRY *cname_entry;
const ASN1_STRING *cname;
- int i, found;
+ int i, found, has_san_dns;
STACK_OF(GENERAL_NAME) *subj_alt_names;
/* try the DNS subjectAltNames */
- found = 0;
+ found = has_san_dns = 0;
if ((subj_alt_names = X509_get_ext_d2i(cert, NID_subject_alt_name, NULL, NULL))) {
int num_subj_alt_names = sk_GENERAL_NAME_num(subj_alt_names);
for (i = 0; !found && i < num_subj_alt_names; i++) {
@@ -268,13 +268,18 @@ static int verify_hostname(X509 *cert, const char *hostname)
GENERAL_NAME *subj_alt_name = sk_GENERAL_NAME_value(subj_alt_names, i);
ASN1_STRING *subj_alt_str = GENERAL_NAME_get0_value(subj_alt_name, &ntype);
- if (ntype == GEN_DNS && host_matches(hostname, subj_alt_str))
- found = 1;
+ if (ntype == GEN_DNS) {
+ has_san_dns = 1;
+ if (host_matches(hostname, subj_alt_str))
+ found = 1;
+ }
}
sk_GENERAL_NAME_pop_free(subj_alt_names, GENERAL_NAME_free);
}
if (found)
return 0;
+ if (has_san_dns)
+ return error("none of the subjectAltNames matches hostname '%s'", hostname);
/* try the common name */
if (!(subj = X509_get_subject_name(cert)))
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 21:12 [PATCH 0/3] imap-send: future proofing and two correctness fixes Beat Bolli
2026-09-07 21:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] imap-send: prepare for OpenSSL 4.1 Beat Bolli
2026-09-08 4:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-08 8:26 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-07 21:12 ` [PATCH 2/3] imap-send: don't expect an ASN1_STRING to be NUL-terminated Beat Bolli
2026-09-08 1:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-08 8:26 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-07 21:12 ` Beat Bolli [this message]
2026-09-08 1:28 ` [PATCH 3/3] imap-send: only check the CN if no SAN DNS names are present brian m. carlson
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