SSL errors after certificate renewal

N dundir at gmail.com
Tue Sep 7 22:16:44 EEST 2021


Separate subject, but couldn't help but notice, SSL3 is being used?
Wasn't SSL3 retired because of POODLE exploits? Can someone more 
knowledgeable confirm?

On 9/7/21 11:05, Steve Dondley wrote:
>
> On 2021-09-07 01:25 PM, Amol Kulkarni wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> After I replaced my certificate with a new one yesterday, I'm seeing 
>> some ssl related errors. There are successful pop/imap logins using 
>> SSL also. So I think the certificate in itself is fine. No user has 
>> complained as yet, so I don't know for sure. However the count of 
>> errors has surely increased after installing the new certificate.
>> There are 2 errors seen :
>> dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 1 secs): 
>> user=<>, rip=, lip
>> =, TLS handshaking: SSL_accept() failed: error:14094416:SSL 
>> routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert certificate unknown: SSL alert 
>> number 46, session=<9m0AnVnL
>> 2pHf4hso>
>>
>>
>> dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 secs): 
>> user=<>, rip=, lip
>> =, TLS: SSL_read() failed: error:14094412:SSL 
>> routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert bad certificate: SSL alert 
>> number 42, session=<ww/b6VfLmeR7yTog>
>> Kindly help with some pointers.
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Amol
>
> I assume you tried restarting dovecot, but just in case...
>
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