2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/asn1/asn1_obj.cpp b/src/lib/asn1/asn1_obj.cpp
index 265668d83..20555e3dd 100644
--- a/src/lib/asn1/asn1_obj.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/asn1/asn1_obj.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <botan/ber_dec.h>
 #include <botan/data_src.h>
 #include <botan/parsing.h>
+#include <botan/internal/stl_util.h>
 
 namespace Botan {
 
@@ -45,8 +46,7 @@ std::vector<byte> put_in_sequence(const std::vector<byte>& contents)
 */
 std::string to_string(const BER_Object& obj)
    {
-   return std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&obj.value[0]),
-                      obj.value.size());
+   return to_string(obj.value);
    }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/stl_util.h b/src/lib/utils/stl_util.h
index 76cf77ef8..d74cbe713 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/stl_util.h
+++ b/src/lib/utils/stl_util.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * STL Utility Functions
 * (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
+* (C) 2015 Simon Warta (Kullo GmbH)
 *
 * Botan is released under the Simplified BSD License (see license.txt)
 */
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
+#include <botan/secmem.h>
 
 namespace Botan {
 
@@ -19,6 +21,11 @@ inline std::vector<byte> to_byte_vector(const std::string& s)
    return std::vector<byte>(s.cbegin(), s.cend());
    }
 
+inline std::string to_string(const secure_vector<byte> &bytes)
+   {
+   return std::string(bytes.cbegin(), bytes.cend());
+   }
+
 /*
 * Searching through a std::map
 * @param mapping the map to search