[STABLE-BRANCH-1-4 PATCH 2/2] gpg: Add option --weak-digest to gpg and gpgv.

Daniel Kahn Gillmor dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Tue Oct 27 05:01:32 CET 2015


* g10/options.h: Add weak_digests linked list to opts.
* g10/main.h: Declare weakhash linked list struct and
additional_weak_digest() function to insert newly-declared weak
digests into opts.
* g10/misc.c: (additional_weak_digest): New function.
(print_digest_algo_note): Check for deprecated digests.
* g10/sig-check.c: (do_check): Reject all weak digests.
* g10/gpg.c: Add --weak-digest option to gpg.
* doc/gpg.texi: Document gpg --weak-digest option.
* g10/gpgv.c: Add --weak-digest option to gpgv.
* doc/gpgv.texi: Document gpgv --weak-digest option.

--
gpg and gpgv treat signatures made over MD5 as unreliable, unless the
user supplies --allow-weak-digests to gpg.  Signatures over any other
digest are considered acceptable.

Despite SHA-1 being a mandatory-to-implement digest algorithm in RFC
4880, the collision-resistance of SHA-1 is weaker than anyone would
like it to be.

Some operators of high-value targets that depend on OpenPGP signatures
may wish to require their signers to use a stronger digest algorithm
than SHA1, even if the OpenPGP ecosystem at large cannot deprecate
SHA1 entirely today.

This changeset adds a new "--weak-digest DIGEST" option for both gpg
and gpgv, which makes it straightforward for anyone to treat any
signature or certification made over the specified digest as
unreliable.

This option can be supplied multiple times if the operator wishes to
deprecate multiple digest algorithms, and will be ignored completely
if the operator supplies --allow-weak-digests (as before).

MD5 is always considered weak, regardless of any further
--weak-digest options supplied.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net>

(this is a rough cherry-pick of applying the following commits to
 STABLE-BRANCH-1-4:
  76afaed65e3b0ddfa4923cb577ada43217dd4b18
  b98939812abf6c643c752ce7c325f98039a1a9e2
  91015d021b3dcbe21ad0e580a4f34c523abf9e72
)
---
 doc/gpg.texi    | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 doc/gpgv.texi   |  8 ++++++++
 g10/gpg.c       |  7 +++++++
 g10/gpgv.c      |  5 +++++
 g10/main.h      |  9 +++++++++
 g10/misc.c      | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 g10/options.h   |  1 +
 g10/sig-check.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
 8 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index f7dad42..3c163ce 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -2610,9 +2610,20 @@ message was tampered with intentionally by an attacker.
 
 @item --allow-weak-digest-algos
 @opindex allow-weak-digest-algos
-Signatures made with the broken MD5 algorithm are normally rejected
-with an ``invalid digest algorithm'' message.  This option allows the
-verification of signatures made with such weak algorithms.
+Signatures made with known-weak digest algorithms are normally
+rejected with an ``invalid digest algorithm'' message.  This option
+allows the verification of signatures made with such weak algorithms.
+MD5 is the only digest algorithm considered weak by default.  See also
+ at option{--weak-digest} to reject other digest algorithms.
+
+ at item --weak-digest @code{name}
+ at opindex weak-digest
+Treat the specified digest algorithm as weak.  Signatures made over
+weak digests algorithms are normally rejected. This option can be
+supplied multiple times if multiple algorithms should be considered
+weak.  See also @option{--allow-weak-digest-algos} to disable
+rejection of weak digests.  MD5 is always considered weak, and does
+not need to be listed explicitly.
 
 
 @item --no-default-keyring
diff --git a/doc/gpgv.texi b/doc/gpgv.texi
index 0cb2360..7172a8c 100644
--- a/doc/gpgv.texi
+++ b/doc/gpgv.texi
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ checks into warnings.
 
 @include opt-homedir.texi
 
+ at item --weak-digest @code{name}
+ at opindex weak-digest
+Treat the specified digest algorithm as weak.  Signatures made over
+weak digests algorithms are normally rejected. This option can be
+supplied multiple times if multiple algorithms should be considered
+weak.  MD5 is always considered weak, and does not need to be listed
+explicitly.
+
 @end table
 
 @mansect return value
diff --git a/g10/gpg.c b/g10/gpg.c
index 20d249a..9e37b88 100644
--- a/g10/gpg.c
+++ b/g10/gpg.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ enum cmd_and_opt_values
     oAllowMultipleMessages,
     oNoAllowMultipleMessages,
     oAllowWeakDigestAlgos,
+    oWeakDigest,
 
     oNoop
   };
@@ -689,6 +690,7 @@ static ARGPARSE_OPTS opts[] = {
     { oPersonalCipherPreferences,  "personal-cipher-preferences", 2, "@"},
     { oPersonalDigestPreferences,  "personal-digest-preferences", 2, "@"},
     { oPersonalCompressPreferences,  "personal-compress-preferences", 2, "@"},
+    { oWeakDigest,  "weak-digest", 2, "@"},
     /* Aliases.  I constantly mistype these, and assume other people
        do as well. */
     { oPersonalCipherPreferences, "personal-cipher-prefs", 2, "@"},
@@ -1927,6 +1929,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv )
 #endif
     opt.disable_keypad = 1;  /* No keypad support; use gpg2 instead.  */
 #endif /*ENABLE_CARD_SUPPORT*/
+    opt.weak_digests = NULL;
+    additional_weak_digest("MD5");
 
     /* check whether we have a config file on the commandline */
     orig_argc = argc;
@@ -2797,6 +2801,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv )
           case oDisplay: opt.display = pargs.r.ret_str; break;
           case oTTYname: opt.ttyname = pargs.r.ret_str; break;
           case oTTYtype: opt.ttytype = pargs.r.ret_str; break;
+          case oWeakDigest:
+	    additional_weak_digest(pargs.r.ret_str);
+	    break;
           case oLCctype: opt.lc_ctype = pargs.r.ret_str; break;
           case oLCmessages: opt.lc_messages = pargs.r.ret_str; break;
 	  case oGroup: add_group(pargs.r.ret_str); break;
diff --git a/g10/gpgv.c b/g10/gpgv.c
index b679853..b2721ba 100644
--- a/g10/gpgv.c
+++ b/g10/gpgv.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ enum cmd_and_opt_values { aNull = 0,
     oStatusFD,
     oLoggerFD,
     oHomedir,
+    oWeakDigest,
 aTest };
 
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ static ARGPARSE_OPTS opts[] = {
     { oStatusFD, "status-fd" ,1, N_("|FD|write status info to this FD") },
     { oLoggerFD, "logger-fd",1, "@" },
     { oHomedir, "homedir", 2, "@" },   /* defaults to "~/.gnupg" */
+    { oWeakDigest, "weak-digest", 2, "@" },   /* defaults to "~/.gnupg" */
 
 {0} };
 
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
     opt.keyserver_options.options|=KEYSERVER_AUTO_KEY_RETRIEVE;
     opt.trust_model = TM_ALWAYS;
     opt.batch = 1;
+    opt.weak_digests = NULL;
 
     opt.homedir = default_homedir ();
 
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
     dotlock_disable ();
 
     set_native_charset (NULL); /* Try to auto set the character set */
+    additional_weak_digest("MD5");
 
     pargs.argc = &argc;
     pargs.argv = &argv;
@@ -164,6 +168,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 	  case oStatusFD: set_status_fd( pargs.r.ret_int ); break;
 	  case oLoggerFD: log_set_logfile( NULL, pargs.r.ret_int ); break;
 	  case oHomedir: opt.homedir = pargs.r.ret_str; break;
+	  case oWeakDigest: additional_weak_digest(pargs.r.ret_str); break;
 	  case oIgnoreTimeConflict: opt.ignore_time_conflict = 1; break;
 	  default : pargs.err = 2; break;
 	}
diff --git a/g10/main.h b/g10/main.h
index dbc8d8f..f2fb818 100644
--- a/g10/main.h
+++ b/g10/main.h
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ struct groupitem
   struct groupitem *next;
 };
 
+struct weakhash
+{
+  int algo;
+  int rejection_shown;
+  struct weakhash *next;
+};
+
+
 /*-- gpg.c --*/
 extern int g10_errors_seen;
 
@@ -64,6 +72,7 @@ extern int g10_errors_seen;
 void print_pubkey_algo_note( int algo );
 void print_cipher_algo_note( int algo );
 void print_digest_algo_note( int algo );
+void additional_weak_digest (const char* digestname);
 
 /*-- armor.c --*/
 char *make_radix64_string( const byte *data, size_t len );
diff --git a/g10/misc.c b/g10/misc.c
index 2b38a8f..c863be4 100644
--- a/g10/misc.c
+++ b/g10/misc.c
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ print_cipher_algo_note( int algo )
 void
 print_digest_algo_note( int algo )
 {
+  const struct weakhash *weak;
+
   if(algo >= 100 && algo <= 110)
     {
       static int warn=0;
@@ -342,8 +344,11 @@ print_digest_algo_note( int algo )
 		   digest_algo_to_string(algo));
 	}
     }
-  else if(algo==DIGEST_ALGO_MD5)
-    md5_digest_warn (1);
+  else
+      for (weak = opt.weak_digests; weak; weak = weak->next)
+        if (weak->algo == algo)
+          log_info (_("WARNING: digest algorithm %s is deprecated\n"),
+                    digest_algo_to_string(algo));
 }
 
 /* Return a string which is used as a kind of process ID */
@@ -1310,3 +1315,32 @@ path_access(const char *file,int mode)
 }
 #endif /*ndef __VMS*/
 
+
+/* Ignore signatures and certifications made over certain digest
+ * algorithms.  This allows users to deprecate support for algorithms
+ * they are not willing to rely on.
+ */
+void
+additional_weak_digest (const char* digestname)
+{
+  struct weakhash *weak = NULL;
+  const int algo = string_to_digest_algo(digestname);
+
+  if (algo == 0)
+    {
+      log_error(_("Unknown weak digest '%s'\n"), digestname);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  /* Check to ensure it's not already present.  */
+  for (weak = opt.weak_digests; weak != NULL; weak = weak->next)
+    if (algo == weak->algo)
+      return;
+
+  /* Add it to the head of the list.  */
+  weak = xmalloc(sizeof(*weak));
+  weak->algo = algo;
+  weak->rejection_shown = 0;
+  weak->next = opt.weak_digests;
+  opt.weak_digests = weak;
+}
diff --git a/g10/options.h b/g10/options.h
index 26d65e5..5aa3a04 100644
--- a/g10/options.h
+++ b/g10/options.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ struct
   prefitem_t *personal_cipher_prefs;
   prefitem_t *personal_digest_prefs;
   prefitem_t *personal_compress_prefs;
+  struct weakhash *weak_digests;
   int no_perm_warn;
   int no_mdc_warn;
   char *temp_dir;
diff --git a/g10/sig-check.c b/g10/sig-check.c
index 94f0cc5..6bac630 100644
--- a/g10/sig-check.c
+++ b/g10/sig-check.c
@@ -239,26 +239,25 @@ do_check( PKT_public_key *pk, PKT_signature *sig, MD_HANDLE digest,
 {
     MPI result = NULL;
     int rc=0;
+    struct weakhash *weak;
 
     if( (rc=do_check_messages(pk,sig,r_expired,r_revoked)) )
         return rc;
 
-    if (sig->digest_algo == DIGEST_ALGO_MD5
-        && !opt.flags.allow_weak_digest_algos)
-      {
-        static int shown;
-
-        if (!shown)
+    if (!opt.flags.allow_weak_digest_algos)
+      for (weak = opt.weak_digests; weak; weak = weak->next)
+        if (sig->digest_algo == weak->algo)
           {
-            log_info
-              (_("Note: signatures using the %s algorithm are rejected\n"),
-               "MD5");
-            shown = 1;
+            if (!weak->rejection_shown)
+              {
+                log_info
+                  (_("Note: signatures using the %s algorithm are rejected\n"),
+                   digest_algo_to_string(sig->digest_algo));
+                weak->rejection_shown = 1;
+              }
+            return G10ERR_DIGEST_ALGO;
           }
 
-        return G10ERR_DIGEST_ALGO;
-      }
-
     /* make sure the digest algo is enabled (in case of a detached signature)*/
     md_enable( digest, sig->digest_algo );
 
-- 
2.6.1




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