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@@ -4,7 +4,18 @@ Changes between 1.0.2c and 1.0.2d [xx XXX xxxx] - *) + *) Alternate chains certificate forgery + + During certificate verfification, OpenSSL will attempt to find an + alternative certificate chain if the first attempt to build such a chain + fails. An error in the implementation of this logic can mean that an + attacker could cause certain checks on untrusted certificates to be + bypassed, such as the CA flag, enabling them to use a valid leaf + certificate to act as a CA and "issue" an invalid certificate. + + This issue was reported to OpenSSL by Adam Langley/David Benjamin + (Google/BoringSSL). + [Matt Caswell] Changes between 1.0.2b and 1.0.2c [12 Jun 2015] @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2c and OpenSSL 1.0.2d [under development] - o + o Alternate chains certificate forgery (CVE-2015-1793) Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2b and OpenSSL 1.0.2c [12 Jun 2015] |