--- /dev/null
+http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-2417
+
+--- a/lib/ssluse.c
++++ b/lib/ssluse.c
+@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static CURLcode verifyhost(struct connec
+ if(check->type == target) {
+ /* get data and length */
+ const char *altptr = (char *)ASN1_STRING_data(check->d.ia5);
+- int altlen;
++ size_t altlen = (size_t) ASN1_STRING_length(check->d.ia5);
+
+ switch(target) {
+ case GEN_DNS: /* name/pattern comparison */
+@@ -1042,14 +1042,16 @@ static CURLcode verifyhost(struct connec
+ "I checked the 0.9.6 and 0.9.8 sources before my patch and
+ it always 0-terminates an IA5String."
+ */
+- if (cert_hostcheck(altptr, conn->host.name))
++ if((altlen == strlen(altptr)) &&
++ /* if this isn't true, there was an embedded zero in the name
++ string and we cannot match it. */
++ cert_hostcheck(altptr, conn->host.name))
+ matched = TRUE;
+ break;
+
+ case GEN_IPADD: /* IP address comparison */
+ /* compare alternative IP address if the data chunk is the same size
+ our server IP address is */
+- altlen = ASN1_STRING_length(check->d.ia5);
+ if((altlen == addrlen) && !memcmp(altptr, &addr, altlen))
+ matched = TRUE;
+ break;
+@@ -1089,18 +1091,27 @@ static CURLcode verifyhost(struct connec
+ string manually to avoid the problem. This code can be made
+ conditional in the future when OpenSSL has been fixed. Work-around
+ brought by Alexis S. L. Carvalho. */
+- if (tmp && ASN1_STRING_type(tmp) == V_ASN1_UTF8STRING) {
+- j = ASN1_STRING_length(tmp);
+- if (j >= 0) {
+- peer_CN = OPENSSL_malloc(j+1);
+- if (peer_CN) {
+- memcpy(peer_CN, ASN1_STRING_data(tmp), j);
+- peer_CN[j] = '\0';
++ if(tmp) {
++ if(ASN1_STRING_type(tmp) == V_ASN1_UTF8STRING) {
++ j = ASN1_STRING_length(tmp);
++ if(j >= 0) {
++ peer_CN = OPENSSL_malloc(j+1);
++ if(peer_CN) {
++ memcpy(peer_CN, ASN1_STRING_data(tmp), j);
++ peer_CN[j] = '\0';
++ }
+ }
+ }
++ else /* not a UTF8 name */
++ j = ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(&peer_CN, tmp);
++
++ if(peer_CN && ((int)strlen((char *)peer_CN) != j)) {
++ /* there was a terminating zero before the end of string, this
++ cannot match and we return failure! */
++ failf(data, "SSL: illegal cert name field");
++ res = CURLE_SSL_PEER_CERTIFICATE;
++ }
+ }
+- else /* not a UTF8 name */
+- j = ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(&peer_CN, tmp);
+ }
+
+ if (peer_CN == nulstr)
+@@ -1118,7 +1129,10 @@ static CURLcode verifyhost(struct connec
+ }
+ #endif /* CURL_DOES_CONVERSIONS */
+
+- if (!peer_CN) {
++ if(res)
++ /* error already detected, pass through */
++ ;
++ else if(!peer_CN) {
+ failf(data,
+ "SSL: unable to obtain common name from peer certificate");
+ return CURLE_PEER_FAILED_VERIFICATION;