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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml | 233 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml | 128 |
3 files changed, 341 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml index 4c6a204e63..37c916e585 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -27,6 +27,81 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the SSL application.</p> +<section><title>SSL 8.2.2</title> + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + TLS sessions must be registered with SNI if provided, so + that sessions where client hostname verification would + fail can not connect reusing a session created when the + server name verification succeeded.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14632</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> An erlang TLS server configured with cipher suites + using rsa key exchange, may be vulnerable to an Adaptive + Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) + against RSA, which when exploited, may result in + plaintext recovery of encrypted messages and/or a + Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, despite the attacker not + having gained access to the server’s private key + itself. <url + href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000385">CVE-2017-1000385</url> + </p> <p> Exploiting this vulnerability to perform + plaintext recovery of encrypted messages will, in most + practical cases, allow an attacker to read the plaintext + only after the session has completed. Only TLS sessions + established using RSA key exchange are vulnerable to this + attack. </p> <p> Exploiting this vulnerability to conduct + a MiTM attack requires the attacker to complete the + initial attack, which may require thousands of server + requests, during the handshake phase of the targeted + session within the window of the configured handshake + timeout. This attack may be conducted against any TLS + session using RSA signatures, but only if cipher suites + using RSA key exchange are also enabled on the server. + The limited window of opportunity, limitations in + bandwidth, and latency make this attack significantly + more difficult to execute. </p> <p> RSA key exchange is + enabled by default although least prioritized if server + order is honored. For such a cipher suite to be chosen it + must also be supported by the client and probably the + only shared cipher suite. </p> <p> Captured TLS sessions + encrypted with ephemeral cipher suites (DHE or ECDHE) are + not at risk for subsequent decryption due to this + vulnerability. </p> <p> As a workaround if default cipher + suite configuration was used you can configure the server + to not use vulnerable suites with the ciphers option like + this: </p> <c> {ciphers, [Suite || Suite <- + ssl:cipher_suites(), element(1,Suite) =/= rsa]} </c> <p> + that is your code will look somethingh like this: </p> + <c> ssl:listen(Port, [{ciphers, [Suite || Suite <- + ssl:cipher_suites(), element(1,S) =/= rsa]} | Options]). + </c> <p> Thanks to Hanno Böck, Juraj Somorovsky and + Craig Young for reporting this vulnerability. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14748</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + If no SNI is available and the hostname is an IP-address + also check for IP-address match. This check is not as + good as a DNS hostname check and certificates using + IP-address are not recommended.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14655</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> <section><title>SSL 8.2.1</title> @@ -175,9 +250,59 @@ </item> </list> </section> - </section> +<section><title>SSL 8.1.3.1</title> + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> An erlang TLS server configured with cipher suites + using rsa key exchange, may be vulnerable to an Adaptive + Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) + against RSA, which when exploited, may result in + plaintext recovery of encrypted messages and/or a + Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, despite the attacker not + having gained access to the server’s private key + itself. <url + href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000385">CVE-2017-1000385</url> + </p> <p> Exploiting this vulnerability to perform + plaintext recovery of encrypted messages will, in most + practical cases, allow an attacker to read the plaintext + only after the session has completed. Only TLS sessions + established using RSA key exchange are vulnerable to this + attack. </p> <p> Exploiting this vulnerability to conduct + a MiTM attack requires the attacker to complete the + initial attack, which may require thousands of server + requests, during the handshake phase of the targeted + session within the window of the configured handshake + timeout. This attack may be conducted against any TLS + session using RSA signatures, but only if cipher suites + using RSA key exchange are also enabled on the server. + The limited window of opportunity, limitations in + bandwidth, and latency make this attack significantly + more difficult to execute. </p> <p> RSA key exchange is + enabled by default although least prioritized if server + order is honored. For such a cipher suite to be chosen it + must also be supported by the client and probably the + only shared cipher suite. </p> <p> Captured TLS sessions + encrypted with ephemeral cipher suites (DHE or ECDHE) are + not at risk for subsequent decryption due to this + vulnerability. </p> <p> As a workaround if default cipher + suite configuration was used you can configure the server + to not use vulnerable suites with the ciphers option like + this: </p> <c> {ciphers, [Suite || Suite <- + ssl:cipher_suites(), element(1,Suite) =/= rsa]} </c> <p> + that is your code will look somethingh like this: </p> + <c> ssl:listen(Port, [{ciphers, [Suite || Suite <- + ssl:cipher_suites(), element(1,S) =/= rsa]} | Options]). + </c> <p> Thanks to Hanno Böck, Juraj Somorovsky and + Craig Young for reporting this vulnerability. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14748</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> +</section> <section><title>SSL 8.1.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -556,6 +681,60 @@ </section> + <section><title>SSL 7.3.3.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> An erlang TLS server configured with cipher suites + using rsa key exchange, may be vulnerable to an Adaptive + Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) + against RSA, which when exploited, may result in + plaintext recovery of encrypted messages and/or a + Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, despite the attacker not + having gained access to the server’s private key + itself. <url + href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000385">CVE-2017-1000385</url> + </p> <p> Exploiting this vulnerability to perform + plaintext recovery of encrypted messages will, in most + practical cases, allow an attacker to read the plaintext + only after the session has completed. Only TLS sessions + established using RSA key exchange are vulnerable to this + attack. </p> <p> Exploiting this vulnerability to conduct + a MiTM attack requires the attacker to complete the + initial attack, which may require thousands of server + requests, during the handshake phase of the targeted + session within the window of the configured handshake + timeout. This attack may be conducted against any TLS + session using RSA signatures, but only if cipher suites + using RSA key exchange are also enabled on the server. + The limited window of opportunity, limitations in + bandwidth, and latency make this attack significantly + more difficult to execute. </p> <p> RSA key exchange is + enabled by default although least prioritized if server + order is honored. For such a cipher suite to be chosen it + must also be supported by the client and probably the + only shared cipher suite. </p> <p> Captured TLS sessions + encrypted with ephemeral cipher suites (DHE or ECDHE) are + not at risk for subsequent decryption due to this + vulnerability. </p> <p> As a workaround if default cipher + suite configuration was used you can configure the server + to not use vulnerable suites with the ciphers option like + this: </p> <c> {ciphers, [Suite || Suite <- + ssl:cipher_suites(), element(1,Suite) =/= rsa]} </c> <p> + that is your code will look somethingh like this: </p> + <c> ssl:listen(Port, [{ciphers, [Suite || Suite <- + ssl:cipher_suites(), element(1,S) =/= rsa]} | Options]). + </c> <p> Thanks to Hanno Böck, Juraj Somorovsky and + Craig Young for reporting this vulnerability. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14748</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> + <section><title>SSL 7.3.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -585,7 +764,59 @@ </list> </section> + <section><title>SSL 7.3.3.0.1</title> + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> An erlang TLS server configured with cipher suites + using rsa key exchange, may be vulnerable to an Adaptive + Chosen Ciphertext attack (AKA Bleichenbacher attack) + against RSA, which when exploited, may result in + plaintext recovery of encrypted messages and/or a + Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack, despite the attacker not + having gained access to the server’s private key + itself. <url + href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000385">CVE-2017-1000385</url> + </p> <p> Exploiting this vulnerability to perform + plaintext recovery of encrypted messages will, in most + practical cases, allow an attacker to read the plaintext + only after the session has completed. Only TLS sessions + established using RSA key exchange are vulnerable to this + attack. </p> <p> Exploiting this vulnerability to conduct + a MiTM attack requires the attacker to complete the + initial attack, which may require thousands of server + requests, during the handshake phase of the targeted + session within the window of the configured handshake + timeout. This attack may be conducted against any TLS + session using RSA signatures, but only if cipher suites + using RSA key exchange are also enabled on the server. + The limited window of opportunity, limitations in + bandwidth, and latency make this attack significantly + more difficult to execute. </p> <p> RSA key exchange is + enabled by default although least prioritized if server + order is honored. For such a cipher suite to be chosen it + must also be supported by the client and probably the + only shared cipher suite. </p> <p> Captured TLS sessions + encrypted with ephemeral cipher suites (DHE or ECDHE) are + not at risk for subsequent decryption due to this + vulnerability. </p> <p> As a workaround if default cipher + suite configuration was used you can configure the server + to not use vulnerable suites with the ciphers option like + this: </p> <c> {ciphers, [Suite || Suite <- + ssl:cipher_suites(), element(1,Suite) =/= rsa]} </c> <p> + that is your code will look somethingh like this: </p> + <c> ssl:listen(Port, [{ciphers, [Suite || Suite <- + ssl:cipher_suites(), element(1,S) =/= rsa]} | Options]). + </c> <p> Thanks to Hanno Böck, Juraj Somorovsky and + Craig Young for reporting this vulnerability. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14748</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + </section> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml index ac5a69c69b..8fcda78ed5 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml @@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ <tag><c>{certfile, path()}</c></tag> <item><p>Path to a file containing the user certificate.</p></item> - <tag><c>{key, {'RSAPrivateKey'| 'DSAPrivateKey' | 'ECPrivateKey' + <tag> + <marker id="key_option_def"/> + <c>{key, {'RSAPrivateKey'| 'DSAPrivateKey' | 'ECPrivateKey' |'PrivateKeyInfo', public_key:der_encoded()} | #{algorithm := rsa | dss | ecdsa, engine := crypto:engine_ref(), key_id := crypto:key_id(), password => crypto:password()}</c></tag> <item><p>The DER-encoded user's private key or a map refering to a crypto diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml index 61f88e3860..7f8a08f704 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2000</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -180,10 +180,96 @@ Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) <section> <title>Specifying SSL Options</title> - <p>For SSL to work, at least - a public key and a certificate must be specified for the server - side. In the following example, the PEM-files consist of two - entries, the server certificate and its private key.</p> + + <p> + The SSL distribution options can be written into a file + that is consulted when the node is started. This file name + is then specified with the command line argument + <c>-ssl_dist_optfile</c>. + </p> + <p> + Any available SSL option can be specified in an options file, + but note that options that take a <c>fun()</c> has to use + the syntax <c>fun Mod:Func/Arity</c> since a function + body can not be compiled when consulting a file. + </p> + <p> + Do not tamper with the socket options + <c>list</c>, <c>binary</c>, <c>active</c>, <c>packet</c>, + <c>nodelay</c> and <c>deliver</c> since they are used + by the distribution protocol handler itself. + Other raw socket options such as <c>packet_size</c> may + interfere severely, so beware! + </p> + <p> + For SSL to work, at least a public key and a certificate + must be specified for the server side. + In the following example, the PEM file + <c>"/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem"</c> contains both + the server certificate and its private key. + </p> + <p> + Create a file named for example + <c>"/home/me/ssl/[email protected]"</c>: + </p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ +[{server, + [{certfile, "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem"}, + {secure_renegotiate, true}]}, + {client, + [{secure_renegotiate, true}]}].]]> + </code> + <p> + And then start the node like this + (line breaks in the command are for readability, + and shall not be there when typed): + </p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ +$ erl -boot /home/me/ssl/start_ssl -proto_dist inet_tls + -ssl_dist_optfile "/home/me/ssl/[email protected]" + -sname ssl_test]]> + </code> + <p> + The options in the <c>{server, Opts}</c> tuple are used + when calling <c>ssl:ssl_accept/3</c>, and the options in the + <c>{client, Opts}</c> tuple are used when calling + <c>ssl:connect/4</c>. + </p> + <p> + For the client, the option + <c>{server_name_indication, atom_to_list(TargetNode)}</c> + is added when connecting. + This makes it possible to use the client option + <c>{verify, verify_peer}</c>, + and the client will verify that the certificate matches + the node name you are connecting to. + This only works if the the server certificate is issued + to the name <c>atom_to_list(TargetNode)</c>. + </p> + <p> + For the server it is also possible to use the option + <c>{verify, verify_peer}</c> and the server will only accept + client connections with certificates that are trusted by + a root certificate that the server knows. + A client that presents an untrusted certificate will be rejected. + This option is preferably combined with + <c>{fail_if_no_peer_cert, true}</c> or a client will + still be accepted if it does not present any certificate. + </p> + <p> + A node started in this way is fully functional, using SSL + as the distribution protocol. + </p> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Specifying SSL Options (Legacy)</title> + + <p> + As in the previous section the PEM file + <c>"/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem"</c> contains both + the server certificate and its private key. + </p> <p>On the <c>erl</c> command line you can specify options that the SSL distribution adds when creating a socket.</p> @@ -226,24 +312,26 @@ Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) SSL options and their values. Argument <c>-ssl_dist_opt</c> can be repeated any number of times.</p> - <p>An example command line can now look as follows + <p> + An example command line doing the same as the example + in the previous section can now look as follows (line breaks in the command are for readability, - and are not be there when typed):</p> - <code type="none"> + and shall not be there when typed): + </p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ $ erl -boot /home/me/ssl/start_ssl -proto_dist inet_tls - -ssl_dist_opt server_certfile "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem" + -ssl_dist_opt server_certfile "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem" -ssl_dist_opt server_secure_renegotiate true client_secure_renegotiate true -sname ssl_test Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.0 [source] - + Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) -(ssl_test@myhost)1> </code> - <p>A node started in this way is fully functional, using SSL - as the distribution protocol.</p> +(ssl_test@myhost)1>]]> + </code> </section> <section> - <title>Setting up Environment to Always Use SSL</title> + <title>Setting up Environment to Always Use SSL (Legacy)</title> <p>A convenient way to specify arguments to Erlang is to use environment variable <c>ERL_FLAGS</c>. All the flags needed to use the SSL distribution can be specified in that variable and are @@ -285,15 +373,11 @@ Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) variable.</p> <p>An example command line with this option would look like this:</p> - <code type="none"> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ $ erl -boot /home/me/ssl/start_ssl -proto_dist inet6_tls - -ssl_dist_opt server_certfile "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem" - -ssl_dist_opt server_secure_renegotiate true client_secure_renegotiate true - -sname ssl_test -Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.0 [source] - -Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) -(ssl_test@myhost)1> </code> + -ssl_dist_optfile "/home/me/ssl/[email protected]" + -sname ssl_test]]> + </code> <p>A node started in this way will only be able to communicate with other nodes using SSL distribution over IPv6.</p> |