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Bug 1666781 - Weak GSSAPI key exchange methods enabled by default
Summary: Weak GSSAPI key exchange methods enabled by default
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: openssh
Version: 32
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jakub Jelen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 1816226 1816253
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Reported: 2019-01-16 14:32 UTC by Peter Oliver
Modified: 2020-05-01 00:35 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openssh-8.2p1-3.fc32
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: 1816226 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-30 02:27:33 UTC
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Description Peter Oliver 2019-01-16 14:32:08 UTC
The build of OpenSSH in Fedora carries patches to enable GSSAPI key exchange.  Hurrah, when this is used, the need to manually verify host keys is removed.

The manual says that the default value for setting GSSAPIKexAlgorithms is “gss-gex-sha1-,gss-group14-sha1-”.  However, https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-curdle-ssh-kex-sha2/ says that gss-gex-sha1- is weak and "SHOULD NOT be used".  I suggest that it be disabled by default, and that some of the newer methods such as gss-curve25519-sha256-, gss-nistp256-sha256-, gss-group14-sha256-
be enabled by default instead.

Comment 1 Jakub Jelen 2019-01-16 15:28:20 UTC
Hello and thank you for your interest. This is indeed planned, but we are waiting for finalizing and approving the draft defining the new gssapi key exchange methods before enabling them to the world:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-curdle-gss-keyex-sha2-08

Generally, the GEX methods are not advised these days and once we will have something better, we will certainly try to disable them.

Actually I am not quite sure if I saw your referenced draft before, but it looks like it is stalled, the current version expired and it does not look like moving forward to be accepted as a RDC any time soon. Actually it does not say anything new to me.

I will leave this bug open to keep track of things and make sure I will update the list when the drafts will get approved.

Comment 4 Ben Cotton 2019-10-31 18:51:16 UTC
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Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 29 on 2019-11-26.
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Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2020-02-11 15:46:45 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 32 development cycle.
Changing version to 32.

Comment 6 Jakub Jelen 2020-03-23 14:27:14 UTC
FYI, the RFC 8732 was published so I would like to enable these soon in Fedora.

[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8732

Comment 7 Jakub Jelen 2020-03-23 15:24:34 UTC
First step is enabling them in Crypto policy. The issue was filled here as it does not look like completely straight-forward:

https://gitlab.com/redhat-crypto/fedora-crypto-policies/-/issues/19

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2020-04-08 10:01:35 UTC
FEDORA-2020-89fcf5fea9 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 32. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-89fcf5fea9

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2020-04-09 18:38:00 UTC
FEDORA-2020-89fcf5fea9 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 testing repository.
In short time you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-89fcf5fea9`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-89fcf5fea9

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2020-04-30 02:27:33 UTC
FEDORA-2020-89fcf5fea9 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2020-05-01 00:35:27 UTC
FEDORA-2020-89fcf5fea9 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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