Bug 1036385

Summary: Certtool generates x509 certificates which contain negative modulus
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Pavel Odintsov <pavel.odintsov>
Component: gnutlsAssignee: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmavrogi>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Stanislav Zidek <szidek>
Severity: urgent Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 6.5CC: bz-reply, hkario, ksrot, nmavrogi, szidek, tmraz
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Cause: Under certain circumstances, certtool may generate X.509 certificates which contain negative modulus. Consequence: Generated certificates may have interoperation issues with software using them. Fix: Certtool will no longer generate X.509 certificate which contain a negative modulus.
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Last Closed: 2015-07-22 06:02:20 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Pavel Odintsov 2013-12-01 19:40:06 UTC
Description of problem:

Certtool generates x509 keys with negative modulus, please read this conversation:  http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=6837&q=gnutls&colspec=ID%20Status%20Stars%20Priority%20Owner%20Reporter%20Summary


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnutls-utils-2.8.5-10.el6_4.2.x86_64


cat /etc/redhat-release 
CentOS release 6.4 (Final)

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2015-07-22 06:02:20 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1457.html