1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/bn/bn_print.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/bn/bn_print.c
index 810dde34e1..bebb466d08 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/bn/bn_print.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/bn/bn_print.c
@@ -294,6 +294,27 @@ err:
         return(0);
         }
 
+int BN_asc2bn(BIGNUM **bn, const char *a)
+        {
+        const char *p = a;
+        if (*p == '-')
+                p++;
+
+        if (p[0] == '0' && (p[1] == 'X' || p[1] == 'x'))
+                {               
+                if (!BN_hex2bn(bn, p + 2))
+                        return 0;
+                }
+        else
+                {
+                if (!BN_dec2bn(bn, p))
+                        return 0;
+                }
+        if (*a == '-')
+                (*bn)->neg = 1;
+        return 1;
+        }
+
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_BIO
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_FP_API
 int BN_print_fp(FILE *fp, const BIGNUM *a)