Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:01:10 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 193871] Certificates in /etc/ssl/certs not considered by pkg and fetch Message-ID: <bug-193871-5710-y2HO83XgBE@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-193871-5710@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-193871-5710@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D193871 --- Comment #6 from John W. O'Brien <john@saltant.com> --- Created attachment 165049 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D165049&action= =3Dedit test for /etc/ssl/cert.pem existence to avoid masking SSL_CA_CERT_PATH I have tested this and it works as intended. If you would like evidence, I would need to boil down the test results to a form suitable for sharing. In the course of testing, I realized that while the fallback to OpenSSL defaults is good, the inconsistency between the semantics of the libfetch l= ayer of environment variables (SSL_CA_CERT_FILE, SSL_CA_CERT_PATH) and the defau= lts in their absence and the libcrypto layer of environment variables (SSL_CERT_FILE, SSL_CERT_DIR) and the defaults in their absence is not so g= ood. To wit, libfetch has a default file---two, in fact---but no default path, whereas libcrypto has both, and the existence of either of the libfetch def= ault files will prevent the fallback to the OpenSSL defaults. As I understand it, the reason that libfetch has a default to begin with, rather than always using the OpenSSL default behavior, is mainly (solely?) = to allow the bundle from security/cs-nss-root to be picked up as the system default, at least for libfetch and its consumers (like pkg), merely by virt= ue of its installing a /usr/local/etc/ssl/cert.pem symlink, which is not a pla= ce OpenSSL looks by default. I don't have a recommendation at the moment, but when I do, it might be to = add /usr/local/etc/certs as a path default for libfetch. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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