Bug 1019254 - ECDHE: now supported in Fedora's OpenSSL
Summary: ECDHE: now supported in Fedora's OpenSSL
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: postfix
Version: 18
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jaroslav Škarvada
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: ecc
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-10-15 11:23 UTC by Harald Reindl
Modified: 2014-01-07 09:43 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: postfix-2.10.2-3.fc20
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-01-07 09:43:16 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Harald Reindl 2013-10-15 11:23:08 UTC
that is the state of OpenSSL in Fedora after this morining
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=319901#c108

Comment 1 Harald Reindl 2013-10-15 11:31:30 UTC
since OpenSSL in Fedora from now on supports ECDHE
depending software needs to be rebuilt to make use
of it as well as libraries like NSS/GNUTLS should
do the same and depending packages like Firefox
needs a rebuild against refreshed NSS to support 
it also on the client side

i made some triage today
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openssl:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=319901#c108

nss-softokn
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019244

nss
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019245

firefox
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019247

thunderbird:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019249

httpd:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019251

dovecot:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019253

postfix:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019254

openssh:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019256

dbmail:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019259

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2013-10-23 09:39:33 UTC
postfix-2.10.2-2.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/postfix-2.10.2-2.fc20

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-10-23 09:45:46 UTC
postfix-2.10.2-2.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/postfix-2.10.2-2.fc19

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-10-23 09:50:11 UTC
postfix-2.9.7-2.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/postfix-2.9.7-2.fc18

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-10-23 17:32:04 UTC
Package postfix-2.10.2-2.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing postfix-2.10.2-2.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-19768/postfix-2.10.2-2.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-11-01 03:57:06 UTC
postfix-2.10.2-2.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-11-01 03:58:40 UTC
postfix-2.9.7-2.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-11-10 06:23:59 UTC
postfix-2.10.2-2.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Scott Shambarger 2013-12-23 10:31:59 UTC
Just upgraded to F20, and tried to use ECDHE with postfix:

# openssl s_client -connect localhost:25 -starttls smtp -cipher kEECDH
140691508164480:error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure:s23_clnt.c:741:
---
no peer certificate available
...

Here's the relevant config:
# postconf | egrep 'eecdh|cipherlist'
smtpd_tls_eecdh_grade = strong
tls_eecdh_strong_curve = prime256v1
tls_high_cipherlist = EECDH+AESGCM:EECDH+AES:EECDH+RC4:DH+aRSA+AES+SHA:+TLSv1+AES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:RSA+RC4+SHA:+TLSv1+RSA+AES:!aECDSA

Checking the code, I should get a warning if I set smtpd_tls_eecdh_grade to an invalid value, eg:
smtpd_tls_eecdh_grade = bogus

But connecting with this configuration does not show a warning, so the build appears to have excluded the EEC code in src/tls/tls_dh.c -- which has the code wrapped in:

#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x1000000fL && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_ECDH)
#endif

Can you try building again with the correct library options?

Thanks.

Comment 10 Scott Shambarger 2013-12-23 10:35:18 UTC
BTW, since this was closed, should I open a new bug?

Comment 11 Harald Reindl 2013-12-23 10:50:05 UTC
don't touch config params you do not understand
tls_high_cipherlist is for sure not builtin
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Dec 23 11:45:09 testserver postfix/smtp[13888]: Untrusted TLS connection established to 192.168.196.1[192.168.196.1]:25: TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)
Dec 23 11:45:09 testserver postfix/smtp[13888]: 3dnxz91sWWz28mQ: to=<rhsoft>, relay=192.168.196.1[192.168.196.1]:25, delay=0.59, delays=0.02/0.12/0.31/0.14, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 3dnxz95dByzBx51)
Dec 23 11:45:09 testserver postfix/qmgr[979]: 3dnxz91sWWz28mQ: removed

[root@testserver:~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug)

[root@testserver:~]$ postconf | egrep 'eecdh|cipherlist'
smtpd_tls_eecdh_grade = strong
tls_eecdh_strong_curve = prime256v1
tls_eecdh_ultra_curve = secp384r1
tls_export_cipherlist = aNULL:-aNULL:ALL:+RC4:@STRENGTH
tls_high_cipherlist = aNULL:-aNULL:ALL:!EXPORT:!LOW:!MEDIUM:+RC4:@STRENGTH
tls_low_cipherlist = aNULL:-aNULL:ALL:!EXPORT:+RC4:@STRENGTH
tls_medium_cipherlist = aNULL:-aNULL:ALL:!EXPORT:!LOW:+RC4:@STRENGTH
tls_null_cipherlist = eNULL:!aNULL
tls_preempt_cipherlist = no
tlsproxy_tls_eecdh_grade = $smtpd_tls_eecdh_grade
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[root@testserver:~]$ openssl s_client -connect localhost:25 -starttls smtp -cipher kEECDH
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=0 C = AT, ST = Vienna, L = Vienna, O = the lounge interactive design gmbh, OU = Administration, CN = *.testserver.rhsoft.net, emailAddress = hostmaster

Comment 12 Scott Shambarger 2013-12-23 20:18:59 UTC
I understand the cipherlist parameter quite well (that's why it's so carefully configured ;).  Resetting to default doesn't fix the issue.

Are you using the package for x86_64?  Run yum reinstall postfix and try again.

I rebuilt the rpm locally, and installed and postfix works correctly and supports EEC, however the package available via yum repos does not.

Eg. 
# yum reinstall postfix 
... downloads and installs postfix
# cd /usr/libexec/postfix
# ls -l smtpd
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 622520 Oct 23 02:34 smtpd
# strings smtpd | grep EECDH
# (no output)

Installing local build (same release)
# yum reinstall ~devel/rpm/RPMS/x86_64/postfix-2.10.2-2.fc20.x86_64.rpm
...
# ls -l smtpd
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 622616 Dec 23 11:40 smtpd
# strings smtpd | grep EECDH
Invalid TLS eecdh grade "%s": EECDH disabled                                    
unknown curve "%s": disabling EECDH support                                     
unable to use curve "%s": disabling EECDH support

# openssl s_client -connect localhost:25 -starttls smtp -cipher kEECDH
...
SSL-Session:                                                                    
    Protocol  : TLSv1.2                                                         
    Cipher    : ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384                                     
...

Checked the yum cache, and my repo build was from http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/development/20/x86_64/os/Packages/p/postfix-2.10.2-2.fc20.x86_64.rpm

For ref, rpm -qip on it has:
Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Wed 23 Oct 2013 08:44:18 AM PDT, Key ID 2eb161fa24611\
0c1                                                                             
Build Date  : Wed 23 Oct 2013 02:34:40 AM PDT                                   
Build Host  : buildvm-14.phx2.fedoraproject.org

Comment 13 Harald Reindl 2013-12-23 20:28:39 UTC
i build postfix without any special SSL params at my own so i do not understand what you mean with "Can you try building again with the correct library options" though i am not the fedora-maintainer

Comment 14 Scott Shambarger 2013-12-23 21:02:42 UTC
Yes, but this bug was opened to request ECDHE builds of postfix.  The build available is not ECDHE enabled and so the bug should really be re-opened and new builds released.

Comment 15 Jaroslav Škarvada 2014-01-02 13:18:44 UTC
I can confirm the current package in the repo doesn't support ECDHE, rebuilding again.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2014-01-02 13:58:58 UTC
postfix-2.10.2-3.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/postfix-2.10.2-3.fc20

Comment 17 Fedora Update System 2014-01-03 08:40:24 UTC
Package postfix-2.10.2-3.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing postfix-2.10.2-3.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-0083/postfix-2.10.2-3.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 18 Scott Shambarger 2014-01-03 21:15:29 UTC
Tested and new build does include ECDHE support.  Added karma.

Comment 19 Fedora Update System 2014-01-07 09:43:16 UTC
postfix-2.10.2-3.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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