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Bug 1111568 - AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS=RSAONLY is not supported by init script
Summary: AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS=RSAONLY is not supported by init script
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openssh
Version: 6.5
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Petr Lautrbach
QA Contact: Patrik Kis
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-06-20 11:45 UTC by Patrik Kis
Modified: 2021-06-10 10:44 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: openssh-5.3p1-98.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-10-14 07:40:00 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1552 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2014-10-14 01:21:23 UTC

Description Patrik Kis 2014-06-20 11:45:35 UTC
Description of problem:
openssh configuration file /etc/sysconfig/sshd says that it supports the f

# AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS=RSAONLY
# AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS=NO
AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS=YES

But the init script /etc/init.d/sshd seems supports only YES and NO options, e.g. create all or none.

Please note that this may cause troubles in FIPS, where DSA should be disallowed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openssh-5.3p1-94.el6

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
# rm -f /etc/ssh/*key
# grep ^AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS /etc/sysconfig/sshd
AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS=YES
# service sshd restart
Stopping sshd:                                             [  OK  ]
Generating SSH1 RSA host key:                              [  OK  ]
Generating SSH2 RSA host key:                              [  OK  ]
Generating SSH2 DSA host key:                              [  OK  ]
Starting sshd:                                             [  OK  ]
# ll /etc/ssh/*key
-rw-------. 1 root root  668 Jun 20 13:42 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
-rw-------. 1 root root  963 Jun 20 13:42 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
-rw-------. 1 root root 1675 Jun 20 13:42 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
#
#
#
# rm -f /etc/ssh/*key
# vim /etc/sysconfig/sshd 
# grep ^AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS /etc/sysconfig/sshd
AUTOCREATE_SERVER_KEYS=RSAONLY
# service sshd restart
Stopping sshd:                                             [  OK  ]
Generating SSH1 RSA host key:                              [  OK  ]
Generating SSH2 RSA host key:                              [  OK  ]
Generating SSH2 DSA host key:                              [  OK  ]
Starting sshd:                                             [  OK  ]
# ll /etc/ssh/*key
-rw-------. 1 root root  668 Jun 20 13:42 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
-rw-------. 1 root root  963 Jun 20 13:42 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
-rw-------. 1 root root 1675 Jun 20 13:42 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

Comment 1 Petr Lautrbach 2014-06-20 11:47:57 UTC
A fix is quite simple and can be simply added to the update.

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2014-10-14 07:40:00 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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1552.html


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