Bug #1318: Certificate error: certificate subject does not match signing request subject - pfSense - pfSense bugtracker

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Bug #1318

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Certificate error: certificate subject does not match signing request subject

Added by Zinger daZinger about 13 years ago. Updated over 12 years ago.

Status:

Resolved

Priority:

Normal

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Category:

Certificates

Target version:

2.0

Start date:

03/02/2011

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Affected Version:

2.0

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Description

Hi - I'm trying to apply a certificate from StartCom/Startssl.com to my PFSense 2.0-RC1 (amd64) -built on Wed Mar 2 12:54:13 EST 2011 - instance.

I'm getting this error:

The certificate subject 'emailAddress=user@domain.com, description=abc123xxxyyyzzz, OU=StartCom Free Certificate Member, O=Persona Not Validated, CN=host.domain.com, C=US' does not match the signing request subject.

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csr.txt (1.82 KB) csr.txt	CSR sent to register.com	Erik Chow, 03/28/2011 12:12 AM
certificate.crt (2.17 KB) certificate.crt	certificate for my server	Erik Chow, 03/28/2011 12:12 AM
Intermediary_Certificate_2.crt (1.65 KB) Intermediary_Certificate_2.crt	register.com Intermediate 2 cert	Erik Chow, 03/28/2011 12:12 AM
Intermediary_Certificate_1.crt (1.49 KB) Intermediary_Certificate_1.crt	register.com intermediate 1 cert	Erik Chow, 03/28/2011 12:12 AM
Root_Certificate.crt (1.48 KB) Root_Certificate.crt	register.com root cert	Erik Chow, 03/28/2011 12:12 AM
csr.txt (1.13 KB) csr.txt	CSR	Mark Laagland, 03/29/2011 03:30 PM

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Updated by Ermal Luçi about 13 years ago

Can you show the subject that is displayed on pfSense screen of the signing request?

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Updated by Erik Chow about 13 years ago

File csr.txt csr.txt added
File certificate.crt certificate.crt added
File Intermediary_Certificate_2.crt Intermediary_Certificate_2.crt added
File Intermediary_Certificate_1.crt Intermediary_Certificate_1.crt added
File Root_Certificate.crt Root_Certificate.crt added

I am having the same issue. I tried to use a register.com SSL cert, which has intermediate CAs. Upon getting the cert from register.com, pfsense complains about "does not match the signing request subject".

My pfsense version info:
2.0-RC1 (amd64)
built on Sat Mar 26 00:18:39 EDT 2011

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Updated by Mark Laagland about 13 years ago

File csr.txt csr.txt added

I can also confirm this issue.

2.0-RC1 (i386)
built on Mon Mar 28 16:09:59 EDT 2011

The CSR (included) was signed using the CACert Class 1 root certificate. However, pfSense refuses the signed certificate. Getting

The certificate subject 'CN=stormfront-noord.int.storm.vu' does not match the signing request subject.

(CACert removes most fields, so pfSense is only complaining about the CN field)

CSR included. For obvious reasons, certificate not included.

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Updated by R M about 13 years ago

Also confirmed with RapidSSL with GeoTrust as the intermediate CA.

2.0-RC1 (amd64)
built on Thu Apr 14 11:13:23 EDT 2011

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Updated by David Prinzing almost 13 years ago

I can also confirm this is the case with PositiveSSL's issued from Comodo.

2.0-RC1 (amd64)
built on Thu Apr 28 03:47:19 EDT 2011

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Updated by Ermal Luçi almost 13 years ago

Possibly reading this link https://pkiwidgets.quovadisglobal.com/pkiwidgets/matchCertAndCSR.aspx the same procedure should be used form the GUI instead of pure text based matching?!

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Updated by Jim Pingle almost 13 years ago

Ermal - that is exactly what is in the works. Check ticket #1438 - this ticket can probably be closed in favor of that one, which is actually the solution for this ticket once implemented.

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