[krbdev.mit.edu #9198] git commit

"Greg Hudson via RT" <[email protected]> Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:09:38 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Wed Mar 04 02:09:38 2026: Request 9198 was acted upon.
 Transaction: Ticket created by [email protected]
       Queue: krb5
     Subject: git commit
       Owner: [email protected]
  Requestors: 
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=9198 >



Use X509_check_host() to verify KKDCP server cert

In the k5tls module, rely on X509_check_host() and
X509_check_ip_asc(), which were added in OpenSSL 1.0.2, instead of
doing our own verification.

There is one notable difference in behavior: X509_check_host() admits
wildcards with a prefix or suffix (but not both) within the label,
like "kdc*.mydomain.com".  The old code only allows a wildcard to
match a complete label.

https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f5bbfa4821cf590a4748f96d0e016bc0485e95c4
Author: Greg Hudson <[email protected]>
Commit: f5bbfa4821cf590a4748f96d0e016bc0485e95c4
Branch: master
 src/plugins/tls/k5tls/openssl.c | 211 ++--------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 205 deletions(-)