Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 239961
Add nonRepudiation fix for smartcard authentication
Last modified: 2008-04-08 12:08:41 EDT
Description of problem: When using Firefox with opensc pkcs#11 plugin to authenticate SSL protected website, the nonRepudiation bit is not honored and firefox opens pin dialog also for RSA key meant for digital signatures - which should never be used for authentication. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firefox-1.5.0.10-5.fc6 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add smartcard and its reader using pcsc-lite or openct drivers. 2. Configure opensc pkcs11 plugin (if not loaded already) for firefox. 3. Try to login into www-site using the smartcard authentication. Actual results: Browser asks pin code for nonRepudiation key. Expected results: Only pin code for keypair without nonRepudiation key should be asked. Additional info: Below 'Allekirjastamine' stands for 'signing'. $ pkcs15-tool -k Private RSA Key [Isikutuvastus] Usage : [0x3F], encrypt, decrypt, sign, signRecover, wrap, unwrap Access Flags: [0x1D], sensitive, alwaysSensitive, neverExtract, local Private RSA Key [Allkirjastamine] Usage : [0x200], nonRepudiation Access Flags: [0x1D], sensitive, alwaysSensitive, neverExtract, local Mozilla project bug with attached patch for firefox 2.0: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328346
I guess, this belongs to nss component, reassigning.
Are you requesting that we backport the patch from upstream mozilla 239961 and its regression fix 328346 into Fedora's FF/TB 1.5.x? Chris, the fix is not at the NSS level, but at the application level. Patches would have to get applied to Firefox and Thunderbird applications. While I would be ok to drive this in, the right bugzilla component is Firefox/Thunderbird.
Well, don't know how big effort that would be. SCM head has also so called onepine plugin that sees only the first certificate and is some kind of workaround for broken browsers. I guess everything depends on how much there is existing users and lifespan left for fc6, for fc7 there is newer browser.
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i guess f7 doesn't have 1.5 ff so we don't need this anymore. thank you for your utter intrest for this matter and making fedora better!