Libneon-gnutls detects key usage violation when none exists

[jeremy-list]

When trying to connect to an svn server over https: the result is always this error:
OPTIONS of '<url>': SSL handshake failed: SSL error: Key usage violation in certificate has been detected. (<url>)

Replacing /usr/lib/libneon-gnutls.so.27 with a symbolic link to a working version of libneon temorarily resolves this issue. Bearing in mind the prevalence of this bug when connecting to a variety of servers: it is more likely that the ssl validation in gnutls is broken than any real issue with the server.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libneon27-gnutls 0.29.6-1
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-rc3-testing i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 1 11:15:38 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: neon27
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-07-21 (10 days ago)

[Yevgeniy Mordovkin (yevg-mord)]

Fix it please.
It's annoying that I've bought brand new Dell laptop with promises that "all gonna work out of the box" and has to tighten all the nuts & bolts before I'm able to get to my everyday work.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.