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Description of problem:

When using the --lifetime commandline argument of sscg, 20 extra minutes gets added for each day.  So a certificate issued with a lifetime of 1 day, for example, will be valid for 1 day and 20 minutes.

This is particularly problematic when trying to issue certificates which expire in approximately a year and a month (, ~395 days which is the modern limit) because you end up issuing a certificate with a validity of ~400 days, which is over the limit, leading to rejection by browsers.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

3.0


How reproducible:

100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. sscg --lifetime 365
2. openssl x509 -enddate -noout < service.pem


Actual results/Expected results:

Notice that you don't get a certificate for today's date a year later, but one a few days after that.

For example, running that just now, I'd expect to see Oct 27 2021 (today, plus one year), but I get Nov 1 instead.


Additional info:

This bug has been reported upstream and the fix has been merged: https://github.com/sgallagher/sscg/pull/28

Patch exists upstream as https://github.com/sgallagher/sscg/commit/68c9ce446f325591e1c32cab88b2f0dd802eab84

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 (new packages: sscg), 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:2432