i was messing around with (self-signed) certificate creation/signing
and ran into this. the following two certificates are the same except
for the serial number: "with_serial" has a serial number that is zero,
and "no_serial" does not have any serial number.
the "with_serial" certificate verifies ok, but the "no_serial" one
fails verification with "certificate signature failure."
is this expected?
if not, i thought the signing is applied to the entire blob of data,
so with or without the serial number, the signing code wouldn't know
or care to know, so it's probably not a signing problem. then is it a
verification problem then?
not that this is causing problems for me. just curious.
thanks.
arch [apps]$ ./openssl version
OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
arch [apps]$
arch [apps]$ ./openssl verify -CAfile /tmp/with_serial.pem /tmp/with_serial.pem
/tmp/with_serial.pem: OK
arch [apps]$
arch [apps]$ ./openssl verify -CAfile /tmp/no_serial.pem /tmp/no_serial.pem
/tmp/no_serial.pem: /CN=test
error 7 at 0 depth lookup:certificate signature failure
15143:error:04077068:rsa routines:RSA_verify:bad signature:rsa_sign.c:235:
15143:error:0D0C5006:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_item_verify:EVP
lib:a_verify.c:168:
arch [apps]$
arch [apps]$ ./openssl asn1parse -in /tmp/with_serial.pem
0:d=0 hl=4 l= 268 cons: SEQUENCE
4:d=1 hl=3 l= 183 cons: SEQUENCE
7:d=2 hl=2 l= 3 cons: cont [ 0 ]
9:d=3 hl=2 l= 1 prim: INTEGER :02
12:d=2 hl=2 l= 1 prim: INTEGER :00
15:d=2 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE
17:d=3 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :sha1WithRSAEncryption
28:d=3 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL
30:d=2 hl=2 l= 15 cons: SEQUENCE
32:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SET
34:d=4 hl=2 l= 11 cons: SEQUENCE
36:d=5 hl=2 l= 3 prim: OBJECT :commonName
41:d=5 hl=2 l= 4 prim: PRINTABLESTRING :test
47:d=2 hl=2 l= 30 cons: SEQUENCE
49:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 prim: UTCTIME :040722175719Z
64:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 prim: UTCTIME :130123152135Z
79:d=2 hl=2 l= 15 cons: SEQUENCE
81:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SET
83:d=4 hl=2 l= 11 cons: SEQUENCE
85:d=5 hl=2 l= 3 prim: OBJECT :commonName
90:d=5 hl=2 l= 4 prim: PRINTABLESTRING :test
96:d=2 hl=2 l= 92 cons: SEQUENCE
98:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE
100:d=4 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :rsaEncryption
111:d=4 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL
113:d=3 hl=2 l= 75 prim: BIT STRING
190:d=1 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE
192:d=2 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :sha1WithRSAEncryption
203:d=2 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL
205:d=1 hl=2 l= 65 prim: BIT STRING
arch [apps]$
arch [apps]$ ./openssl asn1parse -in /tmp/no_serial.pem
0:d=0 hl=4 l= 267 cons: SEQUENCE
4:d=1 hl=3 l= 182 cons: SEQUENCE
7:d=2 hl=2 l= 3 cons: cont [ 0 ]
9:d=3 hl=2 l= 1 prim: INTEGER :02
12:d=2 hl=2 l= 0 prim: INTEGER :00
14:d=2 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE
16:d=3 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :sha1WithRSAEncryption
27:d=3 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL
29:d=2 hl=2 l= 15 cons: SEQUENCE
31:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SET
33:d=4 hl=2 l= 11 cons: SEQUENCE
35:d=5 hl=2 l= 3 prim: OBJECT :commonName
40:d=5 hl=2 l= 4 prim: PRINTABLESTRING :test
46:d=2 hl=2 l= 30 cons: SEQUENCE
48:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 prim: UTCTIME :040722175719Z
63:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 prim: UTCTIME :130123152135Z
78:d=2 hl=2 l= 15 cons: SEQUENCE
80:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SET
82:d=4 hl=2 l= 11 cons: SEQUENCE
84:d=5 hl=2 l= 3 prim: OBJECT :commonName
89:d=5 hl=2 l= 4 prim: PRINTABLESTRING :test
95:d=2 hl=2 l= 92 cons: SEQUENCE
97:d=3 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE
99:d=4 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :rsaEncryption
110:d=4 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL
112:d=3 hl=2 l= 75 prim: BIT STRING
189:d=1 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE
191:d=2 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :sha1WithRSAEncryption
202:d=2 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL
204:d=1 hl=2 l= 65 prim: BIT STRING
arch [apps]$
arch [apps]$ cat /tmp/with_serial.pem
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBDDCBt6ADAgECAgEAMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMA8xDTALBgNVBAMTBHRlc3Qw
HhcNMDQwNzIyMTc1NzE5WhcNMTMwMTIzMTUyMTM1WjAPMQ0wCwYDVQQDEwR0ZXN0
MFwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADSwAwSAJBALFAze8BSQUyQvvwbWw86Jh7wwOsTAMa
cc8uKQ3ZCgR9CnsvMgsSfHR9XPLzcGkXwuUIDGQ8QWPqNp9g76xqy/kCAwEAATAN
BgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAANBAHtxTN9bC7jCJDs9iKBE7O2U4jMlLievUR3YgWsrfxVJ
k1v/vXdL4H8/+QndErV8Bl8AavnsjQjFgfPiOs3pi70=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
arch [apps]$
arch [apps]$ cat /tmp/no_serial.pem
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBCzCBtqADAgECAgAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwDzENMAsGA1UEAxMEdGVzdDAe
Fw0wNDA3MjIxNzU3MTlaFw0xMzAxMjMxNTIxMzVaMA8xDTALBgNVBAMTBHRlc3Qw
XDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAANLADBIAkEAsUDN7wFJBTJC+/BtbDzomHvDA6xMAxpx
zy4pDdkKBH0Key8yCxJ8dH1c8vNwaRfC5QgMZDxBY+o2n2DvrGrL+QIDAQABMA0G
CSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA0EAiWk2QM5lxijnjQE/D/tsoWf0LZvPIuPC7laTUFUrAIKr
JbkAQ9rrf33pf+7JIhiJIgFxVVgOv2PXYKPWC7duUA==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
arch [apps]$
arch [apps]$ ./openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -in /tmp/with_serial.pem
SHA1 Fingerprint=C5:DE:16:61:DC:92:2D:47:A6:5F:E0:97:61:2E:AA:D7:BF:91:2E:35
arch [apps]$
arch [apps]$ ./openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -in /tmp/no_serial.pem
SHA1 Fingerprint=A3:34:61:FE:5C:B7:FA:A1:40:43:5D:AC:16:8F:AF:98:CD:76:1C:2D
arch [apps]$
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