Re: Windows doesn't verify digital signature of CRL files

["Neil Gierman" <ngierman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Correct me if I am wrong but I understood that certificate validation was
processed by the information in the certificate to be validated (CDP or
AIA extension). If the CDP location contains a valid CRL URL and that CA's
CRL is not already in cache, then the CRL is retreived from that CDP URL
in the certificate. If a person was able to inject a modified CRL into
that CDP URL, or redirect the client machine to an alternate server for
LDAP/HTTP CRL download, and CAPI is not validating signatures on CRL's
then a person could use a revoked certificate for access to systems among
other things.

While this may not be a bug I think it would be a wise security practice
to validate a signature if it is there.

Neil

> * Faro Poplar wrote:
>> Has anyone  noticed that Windows doesn't verify the digital signature
>> of CRL files  (*.crl).
>
> Yes, I noticed that about 2 years ago. IMO this is no security issue.
> CRLs are retrieved from the certificate store via CertGetCRLFromStore.
> Sane use of CertGetCRLFromStore makes sure only properly signed CRLs are
> used (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/
> seccrypto/security/certverifycrlrevocation.asp).
>
> Thomas Walpuski
>