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Bug 1790604

Summary: CASignatureAlgorithms manpage mentions postulate upstream defaults, do not mention crypto-policies
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Alexander Sosedkin <asosedki>
Component: opensshAssignee: Jakub Jelen <jjelen>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Ondrej Moriš <omoris>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 8.3CC: omoris, tmraz
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Triaged
Target Release: 8.0Flags: jjelen: mirror+
Hardware: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: openssh-8.0p1-5.el8 Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 01:31:59 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Alexander Sosedkin 2020-01-13 17:27:24 UTC
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openssh-8.0p1-3.el8


CASignatureAlgorithms mentions in the manpages claim incorrect default values inherited from upstream.


Steps to reproduce: man ssh_config sshd_config


Actual results:

     CASignatureAlgorithms
             Specifies which algorithms are allowed for signing of certificates by certificate authorities (CAs).
             The default is:

                   ecdsa-sha2-nistp256.ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,
                   ssh-ed25519,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa

             ssh(1) will not accept host certificates signed using algorithms other than those specified.


Expected results:

     CASignatureAlgorithms
             Specifies which algorithms are allowed for signing of certificates by certificate authorities (CAs).
             The default values are configured with crypto-policies(7).
             ssh(1) will not accept host certificates signed using algorithms other than those specified.


Additional info:

As the defaults are dynamic and governed by crypto-policies, we cannot really list them.
But even a passing mention of crypto-policies is better than a inaccurate list.

Comment 5 Ondrej Moriš 2020-04-01 19:15:51 UTC
Successfully verified. See bz#1724195#c11 for more details.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 01:31:59 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 (openssh bug fix and enhancement update), 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/RHBA-2020:4439