Bug 1290472

Summary:	Error loading certificate file containing negative serial number
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Jordan Liggitt <jliggitt>
Component:	golang	Assignee:	Jakub Čajka <jcajka>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Martin Cermak <mcermak>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
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Version:	7.3	CC:	carlwgeorge, mcermak, mnewsome
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Fixed In Version:	golang-1.6-1.el7	Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Clone Of:	1289473
Clones:	1290543 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2016-11-04 01:35:08 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Jordan Liggitt 2015-12-10 15:43:11 UTC

Description of problem:
x509 certificates containing negative serial numbers cannot be loaded.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
go 1.4.x, 1.5.x

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an x509 certificate with a negative serial number
2. Load it using golang's x509.ParseCertificate function

Actual results:
An error is returned

Expected results:
The certificate can be loaded

Additional info:
See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/8265

See http://play.golang.org/p/zpXKadV5mo for recreation

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 01:35:08 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/RHBA-2016-2245.html