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Bug 976661 - python-webob fails to generate http body md5 hash in fips mode
Summary: python-webob fails to generate http body md5 hash in fips mode
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: python-webob
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Charalampos Stratakis
QA Contact: Jan Kepler
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Blocks: 839624 1380359 1393868
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Reported: 2013-06-21 06:48 UTC by Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda
Modified: 2017-08-01 17:58 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: python-webob-1.2.3-7.el7
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Last Closed: 2017-08-01 17:58:28 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:1890 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE python-webob bug fix update 2017-08-01 18:04:32 UTC

Description Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda 2013-06-21 06:48:59 UTC 
Since MD5 is used for generating hash of message body, python-webob fails in fips mode when trying to do so. IMHO this could be modified by using "usedforsecurity=False" parameter, since as the standard states, "MIC is good for detecting accidental modification of the entity-body in transit, but is not proof against malicious attacks" [1].

[1] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.15
Comment 2 Miloslav Trmač 2013-06-21 19:24:01 UTC 
(In reply to Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda from comment #0)
> Since MD5 is used for generating hash of message body, python-webob fails in
> fips mode when trying to do so. IMHO this could be modified by using
> "usedforsecurity=False" parameter, since as the standard states, "MIC is
> good for detecting accidental modification of the entity-body in transit,
> but is not proof against malicious attacks" [1].

Yes.
Comment 5 Charalampos Stratakis 2017-01-24 13:24:12 UTC 
So in order to reproduce this issue, a rhel 7 machine with fips mode enabled and python-webob and python-nose installed, is required.

From python-webob sources copy the test_response.py file somewhere to the testing machine (as this file is not installed with the package) and invoke the tests with: nosetests test_response.py

3 tests will fail while in fips mode.

======================================================================
ERROR: test_response.test_response_copy_content_md5
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest
    self.test(*self.arg)
  File "/home/harris/Desktop/test_response.py", line 146, in test_response_copy_content_md5
    res.md5_etag(set_content_md5=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webob/response.py", line 1000, in md5_etag
    md5_digest = md5(body).digest()
ValueError: error:060800A3:digital envelope routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:disabled for fips

======================================================================
ERROR: test_response.test_md5_etag
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest
    self.test(*self.arg)
  File "/home/harris/Desktop/test_response.py", line 270, in test_md5_etag
    res.md5_etag()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webob/response.py", line 1000, in md5_etag
    md5_digest = md5(body).digest()
ValueError: error:060800A3:digital envelope routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:disabled for fips

======================================================================
ERROR: test_response.test_md5_etag_set_content_md5
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest
    self.test(*self.arg)
  File "/home/harris/Desktop/test_response.py", line 280, in test_md5_etag_set_content_md5
    res.md5_etag(body, set_content_md5=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webob/response.py", line 1000, in md5_etag
    md5_digest = md5(body).digest()
ValueError: error:060800A3:digital envelope routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:disabled for fips

This can be fixed at the response.py file of webob, by adding the keyword 'usedforsecurity=False' when generating an etag for the response object using an MD5 hash of the body, so the line 'md5_digest = md5(body).digest()' will need to be changed to 'md5_digest = md5(body, usedforsecurity=False).digest()' at the 'def md5_etag' function.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 17:58:28 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.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1890
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