My software was using openldap client 2.4.44 to talk to the LDAP
server. We have shifted to 2.4.59 now to address some issues. Ever
since we shifted, the new version is allowing LDAP over TLS without
hostname verification.

In the older ver 2.4.44, I always got this error if hostname did not
match the CN value:

return code -1 - Can't contact LDAP server) diagnostic message TLS:
hostname does not match CN in peer certificate

But after the lib update, no such error even if I am using LDAP server
IP to do LDAP bind while LDAP server certificate has CN set as some
FQDN (say test.ldap.com). Our client side code has not changed while
we updated the ldap lib. For our client, we are only doing these
settings:

ldap_set_option(NULL, LDAP_OPT_X_TLS_CACERTDIR, lCertsDir)
ldap_set_option(NULL, LDAP_OPT_X_TLS_CACERTFILE, lCert)

Has there been any change in this regard? How do I enforce hostname
verification now?

I raised the issue https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9869 but
it has been set to verified/invalid state now. However, I do not know
which version addresses the issue. Can anyone tell me which version
would still verify the hostname when doing LDAP over TLS.

Thanks.

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