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Bug 670274 - not verbose enough error message when subject-host differs from server
Summary: not verbose enough error message when subject-host differs from server
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: spice-client
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Hans de Goede
QA Contact: Desktop QE
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 671383
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-01-17 18:33 UTC by Alon Levy
Modified: 2014-08-04 22:08 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: spice-client-0.7.2-1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
If the client failed verification because of a subject mismatch between the supplied host and the actual host, the error message given was too short to be useful. With this update, the error message is now sufficiently informative.
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 13:15:24 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0583 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE libcacard and spice-client bug and enhancement update 2011-05-19 09:37:34 UTC

Description Alon Levy 2011-01-17 18:33:13 UTC 
Description of problem:
If the client fails verification because of a subject mismatch between
supplied host and actual host, it laconicly says "SSL error 1" instead
of giving a better error message. Fix is ACKED upstream:

 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2011-January/002205.html

 client: log subject-host mismatch, and raise ssl warnings to errors


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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start qemu with secure channels, with subject $A != $B, some random string.
2. connect using --host-subject $B
  
Actual results:
look at $HOME/.spicec/spicec.log, it won't say "subject host differs", but just "SSL failed"


Expected results:
Should say subject host verification failed.

Additional info:
Comment 2 Hans de Goede 2011-01-25 13:52:01 UTC 
A new spice-client-0.7.2-1.el6 fixing this has been build, moving to modified.
Comment 4 Michal Haško 2011-04-08 13:46:17 UTC 
VERIFIED on spice-client-0.8.0-2.el6

excerpt from ~/.spicec/spicec.log:
1302269813 ERROR [3716:3717] RedPeer::verify_subject: host-subject mismatch
1302269813 ERROR [3716:3717] RedPeer::connect_secure: failed to connect w/SSL, ssl_error error:00000001:lib(0):func(0):reason(1)
1302269813 WARN [3716:3717] RedChannel::run: SSL Error:
1302269813 INFO [3716:3716] main: Spice client terminated (exitcode = 7)
Comment 5 Tomas Capek 2011-05-17 11:35:19 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
If the client failed verification because of a subject mismatch between the supplied host and the actual host, the error message given was too short to be useful. With this     update, the error message is now sufficiently informative.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 13:15:24 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0583.html
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