Bug 27189

Summary:	tokxts bug in 1.4.5
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Pekka Savola <pekkas>
Component:	cipe	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status:	CLOSED DEFERRED	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	7.1	Keywords:	Security
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Description Pekka Savola 2001-02-12 18:42:13 UTC

tokxts option is being disregarded, which may lead to only the static secret key being
used under certain circumstances.  This might become a (very limited) security problem.

tokxts is not used by default, or listed in the default options file, so this isn't too critical..but probably
worth updating before the final..

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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 02:43:38 +0100
From: Olaf Titz <olaf.de>
To: cipe-l
Subject: BUG: tokxts option

Short summary:

The tokxts option in all versions of CIPE up to and including 1.4.5
does not work. It is recommended not to use this option.

Technical description:

Starting with version 1.2.0, CIPE sends a timestamp mark in the key
exchange control packets. The purpose is for the receiver to detect
and reject old control packets. This facility in the receiver is
turned off by default and has to be activated with the "tokxts"
option. This option is not included in the sample configuration.

Up to version 1.4.5, the ciped process does mis-interpret the
timestamps in the received control packets. As a result, it discards
all control packets when this option is used. This may result in no
key exchange taking place and all data being inadvertently encrypted
using the static key only. The problem is aggravated by an unrelated
bug which causes ciped not to log the timestamp problem unless in
debug mode.

Workaround: Remove the tokxts option from the cipe option files.

Fix: Upgrade to CIPE 1.4.6 or later.

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-02-12 23:09:54 UTC

This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold release

Comment 2 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-02-23 20:19:57 UTC

1.4.6 breaks on-the-wire compatibility with 1.4.5 because the packet format is
different.  Because we'd like to continue to interoperate with the version
shipped in 7, we'll have to defer this.