Good find. Though note that the release note mentions "less than 1024 bits". I 
wonder if that is a typo and they meant "1024 bits or less".

Javier Henderson
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On May 15, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Mike King <[email protected]> wrote:

> I did find a reference to this being a bug fix in 10.7.4
> 
> Lots of companies are deprecating certificate support for certificates that 
> are less than 2048bit.  I wonder if Apple has just handled this really 
> bad.(IE, 1024 and less, unlike the description below)
> 
> libsecurity
> 
> Available for: Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X Server 10.6.8, OS X Lion v10.7 to 
> v10.7.3, OS X Lion Server v10.7 to v10.7.3
> 
> Impact: Support for X.509 certificates with insecure-length RSA keys may 
> expose users to spoofing and information disclosure
> 
> Description: Certificates signed using RSA keys with insecure key lengths 
> were accepted by libsecurity. This issue is addressed by rejecting 
> certificates containing RSA keys less than 1024 bits.
> 
> CVE-ID
> 
> CVE-2012-0655

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