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Bug 608694 - in fips mode rpm omits md5 signature without warning
Summary: in fips mode rpm omits md5 signature without warning
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rpm
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Panu Matilainen
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 582655
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-06-28 13:46 UTC by Jiri Kastner
Modified: 2011-03-15 13:59 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-06-29 06:24:38 UTC
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Description Jiri Kastner 2010-06-28 13:46:12 UTC 
Description of problem:
when machine is in fips mode, and gpg.conf (or .rpmmacros) is configured to create md5 digest, 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
always in fips mode

Steps to Reproduce:
1. enable fips mode and reboot
2. configure .gnupg/gpg.conf or /rpmmacros to use MD5 signature
3. sign some rpm
4. check results
  
Actual results:
$ rpm -v --addsign mod_gnutls-0.5.6-1.md5.x86_64.rpm 
Enter pass phrase: 
Pass phrase is good.
mod_gnutls-0.5.6-1.md5.x86_64.rpm:
$ rpm -v --checksig mod_gnutls-0.5.6-1.md5.x86_64.rpm 
mod_gnutls-0.5.6-1.md5.x86_64.rpm:
    Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 8a2cffe0: OK
    Header SHA1 digest: OK (2a30e68848f8aa15028e160164ce309c26b6f735)
    MD5 digest: OK (7b86a7c836b21679133b77ff7cdce95b)
    V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 8a2cffe0: OK


Expected results:
$ rpm -v --addsign mod_gnutls-0.5.6-1.md5.x86_64.rpm 
Enter pass phrase: 
Pass phrase is good.
mod_gnutls-0.5.6-1.md5.x86_64.rpm:
machine is running in fips mode - MD5 is not allowed, using SHA1 instead!

$ rpm -v --checksig mod_gnutls-0.5.6-1.md5.x86_64.rpm 
mod_gnutls-0.5.6-1.md5.x86_64.rpm:
    Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 8a2cffe0: OK
    Header SHA1 digest: OK (2a30e68848f8aa15028e160164ce309c26b6f735)
    MD5 digest: OK (7b86a7c836b21679133b77ff7cdce95b)
    V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 8a2cffe0: OK

Additional info:
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2010-06-28 14:03:05 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.
Comment 3 Panu Matilainen 2010-06-29 06:17:50 UTC 
Rpm doesn't know anything about any "FIPS mode", never has. Teaching it about FIPS, all affected areas, would be a new feature and it's a wee bit late for those. If using md5 to sign packages shouldn't be allowed, then presumably rpm should refuse to install packages with md5-only file and/or header digests etc etc etc - I don't know where it would end. NAK.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2010-06-29 06:24:38 UTC 
Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.  You may appeal
this decision by reopening this request.
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