Bug 1456853

Summary:	ssh -Q and -G list host key types that are not allowed in FIPS mode
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Alicja Kario <hkario>
Component:	openssh	Assignee:	Jakub Jelen <jjelen>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Stefan Dordevic <sdordevi>
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Version:	7.4	CC:	nmavrogi, sdordevi
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Description Alicja Kario 2017-05-30 13:59:20 UTC

Description of problem:
When the system is put in fips mode, `ssh -Q key` and `ssh -G example.com | grep key` list algorithms that use the DSS authentication method.
Because DSS in SSH can use only 1024 bit keys, that are considered too weak now, and they are not supported, but are still listed by the above commands

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openssh-7.4p1-11.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ssh -Q key | grep dss
2. ssh -G example.com | grep dss
3.

Actual results:
ssh-dss
ssh-dss-cert-v01

hostkeyalgorithms (...),ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
hostbasedkeytypes (...),ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
pubkeyacceptedkeytypes (...),ssh-dss


Expected results:
no dss types listed

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jakub Jelen 2017-05-31 11:09:14 UTC

We should not use ed25519 keys either in FIPS, which is also listed there. After applying the patch, the output in FIPS looks this:

# ssh -Q key
ssh-rsa
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521
ssh-rsa-cert-v01
ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01
ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01

# ssh -G example.com | grep dss
(empty)

I have got the patch ready to fix it in 7.4 or later.

Comment 2 Jakub Jelen 2017-06-07 11:13:23 UTC

no ... we can not remove them from the output of the -Q option, because the keys are technically enabled, but just not used by default.

The -G should certainly not list them.

Comment 6 Stefan Dordevic 2017-12-04 10:23:01 UTC

*** Bug 1459249 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 18:19:11 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0980