Open Bug 1050451 Opened 11 years ago Updated 2 years ago

mozilla::pkix::VerifyEncodedOCSPResponse doesn't return validity period of the signer cert

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(Core :: Security: PSM, defect, P3)

defect

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(Reporter: briansmith, Unassigned)

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Details

(Keywords: helpwanted, Whiteboard: [psm-backlog])

mozilla::pkix::VerifyEncodedOCSPResponse returns the thisUpdate and nextUpdate times from the OCSP response, which a used by the OCSP response caching logic to determine whether and/or for how long to cache the response. However, the validity period of the signer certificate (whether it is the issuer, or a delegated responder) is also a factor in how a response should be used and cached. I propose that we change VerifyEncodedOCSPResponse, replacing the thisUpdate and nextUpdate output parameters with noBefore and notAfter output parameters, where notBefore = max(signer.notBefore, response.thisUpdate) and notAfter = min(signer.notAfter, response.nextUpdate), with the edge cases of the OCSP response fields (e.g. missing nextUpdate) handled the same way we currently do.
Keywords: helpwanted
Whiteboard: [good next bug]
Whiteboard: [good next bug] → [psm-backlog]
Priority: -- → P3
Severity: normal → S3
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