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Bug 1073081 - mod_ssl selects correct DHE parameters for keys only up to 4096 bit
Summary: mod_ssl selects correct DHE parameters for keys only up to 4096 bit
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: httpd
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Luboš Uhliarik
QA Contact: Martin Frodl
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1057687 1071292 1073078 1180223
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-03-05 17:47 UTC by Hubert Kario
Modified: 2021-01-14 09:32 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: httpd-2.4.6-20.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-03-05 07:12:29 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0325 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: httpd security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-03-05 11:59:16 UTC

Description Hubert Kario 2014-03-05 17:47:40 UTC
Description of problem:
When using keys that provide 192 bit security (7680 bit RSA[1]), mod_ssl selects only 4096 bit long DHE parameters.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
httpd-2.4.6-16.el7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
SSLCRT=/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
SSLKEY=/etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key

openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:7680 -keyout ${SSLKEY} -out ${SSLCRT} -subj /CN=localhost -nodes -batch

systemctl restart httpd

openssl s_client -CAfile ${SSLCRT} -cipher 'kEDH:!aNULL' -connect localhost:443

Actual results:
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No client certificate CA names sent
Server Temp Key: DH, 4096 bits
---
SSL handshake has read 4532 bytes and written 806 bytes
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New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Server public key is 8192 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
SSL-Session:
    Protocol  : TLSv1.2
    Cipher    : DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
    Session-ID: DB8B7F0A108852065FBADD51EDBEE30AE24A669B6A8C3495E8B5733040C02EDD
    Session-ID-ctx: 
    Master-Key: 451DFE6AB51F8B1E13E7BB09D723DFC84EE29A0D2699E61D35EDFED5A945CB27BE345466A02395EE3AC310EDB748E5C0
    Key-Arg   : None
    Krb5 Principal: None
    PSK identity: None
    PSK identity hint: None
    Start Time: 1394040945
    Timeout   : 300 (sec)
    Verify return code: 0 (ok)

Expected results:
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No client certificate CA names sent
Server Temp Key: DH, 8192 bits
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Additional info:
While generation of DHE parameters of this size take significant amount of time, openssl 1.0.1 has well known dhe parameters up to 8192 bit so there is little reason not to use them.
This is also why this entry doesn't apply for 256 bit security level.

 1 - http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-57/sp800-57_part1_rev3_general.pdf

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-05 07:12:29 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0325.html


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