[Pkg-fedora-ds-maintainers] [libapache2-mod-nss] 36/156: Improve FIPS configuration: - The NSS ciphers are enumerated to find those that are FIPS approved - This list of approved ciphers is compared to the NSSCipherSuite entry and those enabled, approved ciphers are configured. This way you aren't forced to use all of the FIPS ciphers (in case you don't want a 56-bit cipher enabled). - Only TLSv1 should be enabled.

[Timo Aaltonen]

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commit 4283b33b1cd4276835fef9a754c6d345786b8854
Author: rcritten <>
Date:   Thu Sep 8 14:06:36 2005 +0000

    Improve FIPS configuration:
      - The NSS ciphers are enumerated to find those that are FIPS approved
      - This list of approved ciphers is compared to the NSSCipherSuite entry
        and those enabled, approved ciphers are configured. This way you aren't
        forced to use all of the FIPS ciphers (in case you don't want a
        56-bit cipher enabled).
      - Only TLSv1 should be enabled.
---
 nss_engine_init.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nss_engine_init.c b/nss_engine_init.c
index 7b4860e..d123739 100644
--- a/nss_engine_init.c
+++ b/nss_engine_init.c
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ static void nss_init_SSLLibrary(server_rec *s, int sslenabled, int fipsenabled,
 
             if ((SECMOD_DeleteInternalModule(internal_name) != SECSuccess) ||
                  !PK11_IsFIPS()) {
-                 NSS_Shutdown();
                  ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, s,
                      "Unable to enable FIPS mode on certificate database %s.", mc->pCertificateDatabase);
+                 NSS_Shutdown();
                  nss_log_nss_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, s);
                  nss_die();
             }
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ static void nss_init_ctx_protocol(server_rec *s,
 
     if (mctx->sc->fips) {
         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_INFO, 0, s,
-            "In FIPS mode, setting SSLv3 and TLSv1");
-        ssl3 = tls = 1;
+            "In FIPS mode, enabling TLSv1");
+        tls = 1;
     } else {
         if (mctx->auth.protocols == NULL) {
             ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_WARNING, 0, s,
@@ -568,8 +568,10 @@ static void nss_init_ctx_cipher_suite(server_rec *s,
                                       modnss_ctx_t *mctx)
 {
     PRBool cipher_state[ciphernum];
+    PRBool fips_state[ciphernum];
     const char *suite = mctx->auth.cipher_suite; 
     char * ciphers;
+    char * fipsciphers = NULL;
     int i;
  
     /* 
@@ -582,17 +584,44 @@ static void nss_init_ctx_cipher_suite(server_rec *s,
     }
     ciphers = strdup(suite);
 
+#define CIPHERSIZE 2048
+
     if (mctx->sc->fips) {
-        free(ciphers);
-        ciphers = strdup("+fips_3des_sha, +fips_des_sha");
-        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, s,
-                 "FIPS mode, configuring permitted SSL ciphers [%s]",
-                 ciphers);
-    } else {
+        SSLCipherSuiteInfo suite;
+        int i;
+        int nfound = 0;
+
+        fipsciphers = (char *)malloc(CIPHERSIZE);
+        fipsciphers[0] = '\0';
+
+        for (i=0; i<ciphernum;i++) {
+            if (SSL_GetCipherSuiteInfo(ciphers_def[i].num,
+                &suite, sizeof suite) == SECSuccess)
+            {
+                /* We could ignore the non-standard ciphers here but lets
+                 * allow the user to choose.
+                 */
+                if (suite.isFIPS)
+                {
+                     strncat(fipsciphers, "+", CIPHERSIZE - strlen(fipsciphers));
+                     strncat(fipsciphers, ciphers_def[i].name, CIPHERSIZE - strlen(fipsciphers));
+                     strncat(fipsciphers, ",", CIPHERSIZE - strlen(fipsciphers));
+                     nfound++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (nfound > 0) {
+            fipsciphers[strlen(fipsciphers) - 1] = '\0'; /* remove last comma */
+        }
+
         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, s,
-                 "Configuring permitted SSL ciphers [%s]",
+                 "FIPS mode enabled, permitted SSL ciphers are: [%s]",
+                 fipsciphers);
+    } 
+    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, s,
+                "Configuring permitted SSL ciphers [%s]",
                  suite);
-    }
 
     /* Disable all NSS supported cipher suites. This is to prevent any new
      * NSS cipher suites from getting automatically and unintentionally
@@ -610,13 +639,32 @@ static void nss_init_ctx_cipher_suite(server_rec *s,
     for (i=0; i<ciphernum; i++)
     {
         cipher_state[i] = PR_FALSE;
+        fips_state[i] = PR_FALSE;
     }
 
     if (nss_parse_ciphers(s, ciphers, cipher_state) == -1) {
         nss_die();
     }
 
+    if (mctx->sc->fips) {
+        if (nss_parse_ciphers(s, fipsciphers, fips_state) == -1) {
+            nss_die();
+        }
+    }
+
     free(ciphers);
+    free(fipsciphers);
+
+    /* If FIPS is enabled, see if any non-FIPS ciphers were selected */
+    if (mctx->sc->fips) {
+        for (i=0; i<ciphernum; i++) {
+            if (cipher_state[i] == PR_TRUE && fips_state[i] == PR_FALSE) {
+                ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, s,
+                    "Cipher %s is enabled but this is not a FIPS cipher, disabling.", ciphers_def[i].name);
+                cipher_state[i] = PR_FALSE;
+            }   
+        }
+    }
 
     /* See if any ciphers have been enabled for a given protocol */
     if (mctx->ssl2 && countciphers(cipher_state, SSL2) == 0) {

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