Debian DSA-2763-1 : pyopenssl - hostname check bypassing

It was discovered that PyOpenSSL, a Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library, does not properly handle certificates with NULL characters in the Subject Alternative Name field. A remote attacker in the position to obtain a certificate for 'www.foo.org\0.example.com' from a CA that a SSL client...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2763-1 (pyopenssl - hostname check bypassing)

It was discovered that PyOpenSSL, a Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library, does not properly handle certificates with NULL characters in the Subject Alternative Name field. A remote attacker in the position to obtain a certificate for 'www.foo.org\0.example.com' from a CA that a SSL client...