On Nov 22, 2014 2:35 AM, "Dr. Stephen Henson" <st...@openssl.org> wrote:
>
> 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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Why do we see this problem in select few cases ? .. All of the users of our
customized PKI are not complaining. Else this could be a major problem.

Thank you.

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