Re: [openssl.org #3022] Binary curves broken in FIPS mode

2013-04-01 Thread Matt Caswell
Any thoughts on this issue?

As things currently stand binary curves are pretty much unusable in a FIPS
capable OpenSSL build.

Thanks

Matt

On 22 March 2013 19:41, Matt Caswell via RT r...@openssl.org wrote:

 Hello

 When using OpenSSL-1.0.1e-fips a call to PEM_write_bio_PrivateKey
 silently fails and produces a corrupt pem file when using an
 EVP_PKEY_EC key and a binary curve. The same function works fine when
 not using a FIPS capable OpenSSL. I suspect the same problem will
 affect any ASN.1 routines that attempt to write the private key.

 Please see attached:
 * A test case c file that demonstrates the problem
 * Two example corrupt pem files
 * A patch to rectify the problem

 The patch has been tested against OpenSSL-1.0.1e and corrects the
 following:
 * Modifies eckey_param2type in ec_ameth.c to check for a 0 return from
 i2d_ECParameters to prevent a silent failure
 * Modifies the checks to see if the functions should have been called
 in EC_GROUP_get_trinomial_basis and EC_GROUP_get_pentanomial_basis
 within ec_asn1.c, so that they work in FIPS mode

 Please can someone apply this patch, as binary curves are currently
 broken in FIPS mode.

 Thanks

 Matt




[openssl.org #3022] Binary curves broken in FIPS mode

2013-04-01 Thread Stephen Henson via RT
On Fri Mar 22 20:41:21 2013, fr...@baggins.org wrote:
 Hello

 When using OpenSSL-1.0.1e-fips a call to PEM_write_bio_PrivateKey
 silently fails and produces a corrupt pem file when using an
 EVP_PKEY_EC key and a binary curve. The same function works fine when
 not using a FIPS capable OpenSSL. I suspect the same problem will
 affect any ASN.1 routines that attempt to write the private key.


Patch applied, many thanks for the report.

Steve.
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[openssl.org #3022] Binary curves broken in FIPS mode

2013-03-22 Thread Matt Caswell via RT
Hello

When using OpenSSL-1.0.1e-fips a call to PEM_write_bio_PrivateKey
silently fails and produces a corrupt pem file when using an
EVP_PKEY_EC key and a binary curve. The same function works fine when
not using a FIPS capable OpenSSL. I suspect the same problem will
affect any ASN.1 routines that attempt to write the private key.

Please see attached:
* A test case c file that demonstrates the problem
* Two example corrupt pem files
* A patch to rectify the problem

The patch has been tested against OpenSSL-1.0.1e and corrects the following:
* Modifies eckey_param2type in ec_ameth.c to check for a 0 return from
i2d_ECParameters to prevent a silent failure
* Modifies the checks to see if the functions should have been called
in EC_GROUP_get_trinomial_basis and EC_GROUP_get_pentanomial_basis
within ec_asn1.c, so that they work in FIPS mode

Please can someone apply this patch, as binary curves are currently
broken in FIPS mode.

Thanks

Matt

#include openssl/evp.h
#include openssl/ec.h
#include openssl/obj_mac.h
#include openssl/err.h

EVP_PKEY *generate_key(int curve);



int main(int arc, char *argv[])
{
	EVP_PKEY *key;
	int i;

	/* Initialise the library */
	ERR_load_crypto_strings();

	/* Generate an Elliptic Curve key (for ECDSA) */
	for(i=0; i2; i++)
	{
		key = generate_key(i==0?NID_sect233k1:NID_sect131r1);

		if(key == NULL)
		{
			printf(Error generating key\n);
			goto err;
		}


		BIO *bp;
		char filename[80];
		sprintf(filename, out%d.pem, i);
		if(NULL == (bp = BIO_new_file(filename, wb))) goto err;
		if (1 != PEM_write_bio_PrivateKey(bp, key, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL)) goto err;
		BIO_free(bp);
		EVP_PKEY_free(key);
	}


	printf(Finished\n);
	goto finish;
	/* Clean up */
err:
	ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
finish:
	ERR_free_strings();
}


EVP_PKEY *generate_key(int curve)
{
	EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = NULL, *kctx = NULL;
	EVP_PKEY *params = NULL, *key = NULL;


	/* Create the context for generating the parameters */
	if(!(pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_EC, NULL))) goto err;
	if(!EVP_PKEY_paramgen_init(pctx)) goto err;

	/*if(!EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_ec_paramgen_curve_nid(pctx, NID_sect233k1)) goto err;*/
	if(!EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_ec_paramgen_curve_nid(pctx, NID_sect131r1)) goto err;

	/* Generate parameters */
	if (!EVP_PKEY_paramgen(pctx, params)) goto err;

	/* Create context for the key generation */
	if(!(kctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(params, NULL))) goto err; 

	/* Generate the key */

	if(!EVP_PKEY_keygen_init(kctx)) goto err;

	if (!EVP_PKEY_keygen(kctx, key)) goto err;

	goto finish;
err:
	ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
finish:
	if(pctx) EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(pctx);
	if(params) EVP_PKEY_free(params);
	if(kctx) EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(kctx);

	return key;
}







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