On Sat, Nov 22, 2014, Deepak wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can a SSL client upgraded with patch for CVE-0224-2014 (say OpenSSL
> 0.9.8zb) talk to SSL server which does not have this patch (say OpenSSL
> 0.9.8u) ?
> 
> Problem I have -
> 
> Server -Apache 2.2.22 with mod_ssl compiled with OpenSSL 0.9.8u
> 
> Client - privately maintained PKI code based upon OpenSSL 0.9.8h to which
> we regularly backport OpenSSL patches. We have backported fix for cve 0224
> to this code.
> 
> This client is rejecting handshake from above Server with error that it
> received CCS byte early.
> 
> How do I debug what is going on and solve this problem?
> 

There is a bug related to renegotiation and session tickets which can trigger
a bogus CCS early error but it wasn't known to affect 0.9.8<->0.9.8.

I'd suggest you try disabling session tickets to see if that helps.

If it does try backporting commit 249a3e362fe406f8bc05cd3 to 0.9.8.

Steve.
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