[xmlsec] Unable to verify Multiple <X509Certificate> in a single signed XML

[Naval Patel]

If the entire cert chain is in the signed document the error i get is
msg=self signed certificate in certificate chain

if i remove the Root certificate from the chain in the signed xml file, and
pass a root certificate as trusted, then i get the error as
msg=invalid CA certificate

is there something that i am missing or this is not the right way to do?

thanks :)

Naval.

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Aleksey Sanin <aleksey at aleksey.com> wrote:

> What errors do you get?
>
> Aleksey
>
>
> On 12/21/10 12:38 AM, Naval Patel wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Its been quite some time i am modifying my code to allow a signed xml
>> document containing the entire chain of certificates from "Local cert"
>> through CAs and ultimately the Root CA. I have debugged the code till
>> the call goes to *X509_verify_cert(&xsc)*. I have observed that for each
>> *<X509Certificate> *the xmlsec adds the certificate to the X509_STACK.
>> The function call (*xmlSecOpenSSLX509FindNextChainCert*) inside the *for
>> loop* inside the function *xmlSecOpenSSLX509StoreVerify* with the
>> comment [/* get one cert after another and try to verify */] returns
>> NULL only when it finds that the certificate does not extend any other
>> certificates.
>>
>> I have RootCa.pem > CA1.pem > CA2.pem > signerCert.pem.
>>
>> If i simply execute the signeddoc.xml, I am receiving the error
>> [*msg=invalid CA certificate* for CA2.pem] ... the command used is
>> *xmlsec.exe verify --trusted-pem RootCa.pem signeddoc.xml*
>> I broke the certificate chain by removing RootCa.pem from the
>> signeddoc.xml and the error i received is same as of the above case
>> *xmlsec.exe verify --trusted-pem RootCa.pem signeddoc.xml
>> *I changed the command for the above file as *xmlsec.exe verify
>> --trusted-pem RootCa.pem --trusted-pem CA2.pem signeddoc.xml*, still the
>> error was same
>> I maintained only CA1, CA2 and signerCert.pem in signeddoc.xml and used
>> the command *xmlsec.exe verify --trusted-pem RootCa.pem --trusted-pem
>> CA1.pem --trusted-pem CA2.pem signeddoc.xml
>> *Now I removed CA2 from the signeddoc.xml and kept only CA1 and
>> signerCert.pem, and used the command *xmlsec.exe verify --trusted-pem
>> RootCa.pem --trusted-pem CA1.pem --trusted-pem CA2.pem signeddoc.xml ...
>> *i could see that the verification was passing.
>>
>> I have deviced another way too to make this work, but i am not sure how
>> good this way is...
>>
>> before passing the signeddoc.xml to xmlsec, I load the x509certificate
>> as trusted using the api *xmlSecCryptoAppKeysMngrCertLoadMemory* but the
>> problem is not solved because the same document continues to be
>> evaluated by xmlsec later and the results produced are same.
>>
>> Another alternative i thought was once the function
>> *xmlSecOpenSSLX509FindNextChainCert *returns NULL, I would remove the
>> other certificates from the STACK. That way, i will have trusted certs
>> loaded to the global stack and while signerCert.pem is verified.
>>
>> Please let me know your suggestions, I will try your suggested methods.
>>
>> And thanks a lot for this library, it had done wonders for my work till
>> now :)
>>
>> I had read an email from the archive
>> [*http://www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2008/008326.html*], but i
>> could not get the break through yet :(
>>
>> Regards,
>> Naval
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
Naval Patel
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