Bug 300322

Summary: signing certificate requests with a CA is impossible
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] qca Reporter: Pippijn van Steenhoven <pip88nl>
Component: generalAssignee: Ivan Romanov <drizt72>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: major CC: bradh, drizt72
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Pippijn van Steenhoven 2012-05-19 15:10:08 UTC
It is impossible to sign a CertificateRequest using CertificateAuthority::signRequest, because the serial number will always be 0. There is no way to give it a different serial number, since this is part of CertificateOptions that are not used in signRequest.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
        QCA::CertificateOptions opts;
        opts.setAsUser();
        opts.setSerialNumber("4096");

        QCA::CertificateRequest req(opts, serverPriv);
        qDebug() << static_cast<QCA::CSRContext *>(req.context())->props()->serial.toString();
        serverCert = ca->signRequest(req, now.addDays(1));
Actual Results:  
"0"

Expected Results:  
"4096"
Comment 1 Justin Karneges 2012-05-19 18:14:20 UTC
What version of qca-ossl are you using? The code in SVN looks like it should include the serial number.
Comment 2 Justin Karneges 2012-05-19 18:26:01 UTC
Okay I investigated further and I see the problem. A CertificateRequest is not meant to have a serial number (internally it still contains the field, but it is 0). Then when you CA-sign, the serial number value from the CertificateRequest, which is 0, is used for the Certificate.

It seems like the remedy is that there should be a way to pass a serial number to signRequest. We should consider now if there is anything similar that may have been overlooked that we can fix at the same time.

I'm surprised to discover this, since I thought some people were using QCA in CA situations.
Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-10 03:21:08 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-20 04:11:58 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 5 Justin Zobel 2023-01-02 07:43:32 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-17 05:14:51 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
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Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2023-02-01 05:04:29 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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