RFR: 8255739: x509Certificate returns � for invalid subjectAlternativeNames [v2]

[Masanori Yano]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:18:23 GMT, Masanori Yano <myano at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Could you please review the JDK-8255739 bug fix?
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>> I think sun.security.x509.SubjectAlternativeNameExtension() should throw an exception for incorrect SubjectAlternativeNames instead of returning the substituted characters, which is explained in the description of BugDB.
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>> I modified DerValue.readStringInternal() not to read incorrect SubjectAlternativeNames and throw an IOException. sun.security.x509.X509CertInfo.parse() catch the IOExcepton and ignore it if SAN is a non-ciritical extension like the behavior of the IOException in readStringInternal(). So I added a test with -Djava.security.debug=x509 to confirm that.
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> Masanori Yano has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   8255739: x509Certificate returns � for invalid subjectAlternativeNames

Thank you for discussing this with many comments.

I understood that the fix is risky, requires additional matching checks, and is preferable to be selectable by a parameter.
I would like to consider them, but it will take a little time to reflect them in the change.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6928