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SMIME_read_CMS_ex, SMIME_read_CMS - parse S/MIME message

Bugs

       The MIME parser used by SMIME_read_CMS() is somewhat primitive.  While it will handle most S/MIME
       messages more complex compound formats may not work.

       The parser assumes that the CMS_ContentInfo structure is always base64 encoded and will not handle the
       case where it is in binary format or uses quoted printable format.

       The use of a memory BIO to hold the signed content limits the size of message which can be processed due
       to memory restraints: a streaming single pass option should be available.

Description

SMIME_read_CMS() parses a message in S/MIME format.

       in is a BIO to read the message from.

       If cleartext signing is used then the content is saved in a memory bio which is written to *bcont,
       otherwise *bcont is set to NULL.

       The parsed CMS_ContentInfo structure is returned or NULL if an error occurred.

       SMIME_read_CMS_ex() is similar to SMIME_read_CMS() but optionally a previously created cms
       CMS_ContentInfo object can be supplied as well as some flags.  To create a cms object use
       CMS_ContentInfo_new_ex(3).  If the flags argument contains CMS_BINARY then the input is assumed to be in
       binary format and is not translated to canonical form.  If in addition SMIME_ASCIICRLF is set then the
       binary input is assumed to be followed by CR and LF characters, else only by an LF character.  If flags
       is 0 and cms is NULL then it is identical to SMIME_read_CMS().

History

       The function SMIME_read_CMS_ex() was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

Name

       SMIME_read_CMS_ex, SMIME_read_CMS - parse S/MIME message

Notes

       If *bcont is not NULL then the message is clear text signed. *bcont can then be passed to CMS_verify()
       with the CMS_DETACHED flag set.

       Otherwise the type of the returned structure can be determined using CMS_get0_type().

       To support future functionality if bcont is not NULL *bcont should be initialized to NULL. For example:

        BIO *cont = NULL;
        CMS_ContentInfo *cms;

        cms = SMIME_read_CMS(in, &cont);

Return Values

SMIME_read_CMS_ex() and SMIME_read_CMS() return a valid CMS_ContentInfo structure or NULL if an error
       occurred. The error can be obtained from ERR_get_error(3).

See Also

ERR_get_error(3), CMS_sign(3), CMS_verify(3), CMS_encrypt(3), CMS_decrypt(3)

Synopsis

        #include <openssl/cms.h>

        CMS_ContentInfo *SMIME_read_CMS_ex(BIO *bio, int flags, BIO **bcont,
                                           CMS_ContentInfo **cms);
        CMS_ContentInfo *SMIME_read_CMS(BIO *in, BIO **bcont);

See Also