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<p class=MsoNormal>Package: openssl<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Version: 0.9.8k-5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Severity: normal<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Trying to create a new X509 certificate with Latin-1
characters in the emailAddress attributes fails.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The configuration file used is: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>[ req ] <br>
default_bits = 1024 <br>
encrypt_key = no <br>
distinguished_name = req_dn <br>
prompt = no <br>
req_extensions = v3_ca <br>
utf8 = yes <br>
string_mask = utf8only <br>
[ req_dn ] <br>
emailAddress = üöä@example.com <br>
CN = example <br>
[ v3_ca ] <br>
basicConstraints = CA:true <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The command line which reproduces the problem is: <br>
req -new -config /tmp/config.txt -out /tmp/x509.txt -keyout /tmp/x509-key.txt
-utf8 -days 1825<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The error:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>----- <br>
problems making Certificate Request <br>
29812:error:0D07A07C:asn1 encoding <br>
routines:ASN1_mbstring_ncopy:illegal characters:a_mbstr.c:162: <br>
-----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The same problem happens on bug <a
href="http://bugs.debian.org/bug=260357">http://bugs.debian.org/bug=260357</a>,
but for some reason it is not included in the latest openssl from debian.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-- System Information:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Debian Release: squeeze/sid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> APT prefers unstable<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Architecture: i386 (i686)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-16-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
(charmap=UTF-8)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Versions of packages openssl depends on:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ii
libc6
2.9-26 GNU C
Library: Shared libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ii
libssl0.9.8
0.9.8k-5 SSL shared
libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ii
zlib1g
1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>openssl recommends no packages.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Versions of packages openssl suggests:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>ii
ca-certificates
20090814 Common CA certificates<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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