Package: openssl Version: 0.9.8g-15+lenny1 Severity: important I have got an RSA key which is encrypted (Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED) using a password of only one character. Unfortunately, OpenSSL is not able to remove the Password with the standard
openssl rsa -in my.key -out my.key.insecure Error: 29913:error:28069065:lib(40):UI_set_result:result too small:ui_lib.c:849:You must type in 4 to 8191 characters A forced check like this is questionable, and in the case of not generating, but just *using* (e.g. decrypting) a password it is totally unacceptable. OpenSSL renders my private key unusable. Proposal for fixing this issue: remove password size/quality checks for decrypting operations. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages openssl depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-15+lenny1 SSL shared libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime openssl recommends no packages. Versions of packages openssl suggests: ii ca-certificates 20080809 Common CA certificates -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
