File 2483-ssl-Increase-security-with-safer-default.patch of Package erlang
From 0ff4a42e31e4ef8d190e3be866315a774b590745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingela Anderton Andin <ingela@erlang.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:12:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ssl: Increase security with safer default
The interoperability option to fallback to insecure renegotiation
now has to be explicitly turned on.
---
lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml | 5 +++--
lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl | 2 +-
lib/ssl/test/ssl_basic_SUITE.erl | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
index 4f72114ae9..7267083e32 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
@@ -264,8 +264,9 @@
<item><p>Specifies if to reject renegotiation attempt that does
not live up to
<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5746.txt">RFC 5746</url>.
- By default <c>secure_renegotiate</c> is set to <c>false</c>,
- that is, secure renegotiation is used if possible,
+ By default <c>secure_renegotiate</c> is set to <c>true</c>,
+ that is, secure renegotiation is enforced. If set to <c>false</c> secure renegotiation
+ will still be used if possible,
but it falls back to insecure renegotiation if the peer
does not support
<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5746.txt">RFC 5746</url>.</p>
diff --git a/lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl b/lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl
index 0b035d31be..82f62b51b9 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl
+++ b/lib/ssl/src/ssl.erl
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ handle_options(Opts0, Role, Host) ->
%% Server side option
reuse_session = handle_option(reuse_session, Opts, ReuseSessionFun),
reuse_sessions = handle_option(reuse_sessions, Opts, true),
- secure_renegotiate = handle_option(secure_renegotiate, Opts, false),
+ secure_renegotiate = handle_option(secure_renegotiate, Opts, true),
client_renegotiation = handle_option(client_renegotiation, Opts,
default_option_role(server, true, Role),
server, Role),
diff --git a/lib/ssl/test/ssl_basic_SUITE.erl b/lib/ssl/test/ssl_basic_SUITE.erl
index 2781203557..05979d3cfd 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/test/ssl_basic_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/ssl/test/ssl_basic_SUITE.erl
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ renegotiate_tests() ->
[client_renegotiate,
server_renegotiate,
client_secure_renegotiate,
+ client_secure_renegotiate_fallback,
client_renegotiate_reused_session,
server_renegotiate_reused_session,
client_no_wrap_sequence_number,
@@ -2898,6 +2899,36 @@ client_secure_renegotiate(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
ssl_test_lib:close(Server),
ssl_test_lib:close(Client).
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+client_secure_renegotiate_fallback() ->
+ [{doc,"Test that we can set secure_renegotiate to false that is "
+ "fallback option, we however do not have a insecure server to test against!"}].
+client_secure_renegotiate_fallback(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
+ ServerOpts = ssl_test_lib:ssl_options(server_opts, Config),
+ ClientOpts = ssl_test_lib:ssl_options(client_opts, Config),
+
+ {ClientNode, ServerNode, Hostname} = ssl_test_lib:run_where(Config),
+
+ Data = "From erlang to erlang",
+
+ Server =
+ ssl_test_lib:start_server([{node, ServerNode}, {port, 0},
+ {from, self()},
+ {mfa, {?MODULE, erlang_ssl_receive, [Data]}},
+ {options, [{secure_renegotiate, false} | ServerOpts]}]),
+ Port = ssl_test_lib:inet_port(Server),
+
+ Client = ssl_test_lib:start_client([{node, ClientNode}, {port, Port},
+ {host, Hostname},
+ {from, self()},
+ {mfa, {?MODULE,
+ renegotiate, [Data]}},
+ {options, [{reuse_sessions, false},
+ {secure_renegotiate, false}| ClientOpts]}]),
+
+ ssl_test_lib:check_result(Client, ok, Server, ok),
+ ssl_test_lib:close(Server),
+ ssl_test_lib:close(Client).
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
server_renegotiate() ->
--
2.16.2
