Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1335920
NSS: Disable TLS connections with less than 1023-bit DH parameters
Last modified: 2017-09-25 08:55:35 EDT
RHEL includes several cryptographic components who's security doesn't remain constant over time. Algorithms such as (cryptographic) hashing and encryption typically have a lifetime after which they are considered either too risky to use or plain insecure. That would mean we need to phase out such algorithms from the default settings, or completely disable if they could cause irreparable issue. This bug is about disabling any TLS connections which utilize less than 1024-bit Diffie-Hellman parameters, while at the same hand providing a configuration method for these parameters to be allowed when needed. For future extensibility in RHEL-7 it is recommended for any introduced configuration method to be re-usable for future algorithm or parameter deprecation (e.g., SHA1 or less than 1024-bit RSA/DH parameters), and ideally part of upstream.
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/RHEA-2017:1977
cannot find this in release docs, could someone please point me to where this is stated in the official docs? Other wise I am inclined to reopen this bug until docs text is included in release notes
Should be in the Deprecated Functionality chapter: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/chap-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7.4_Release_Notes-Deprecated_Functionality.html