Description: Attempt SSHFP lookup even if server presents a certificate If an ssh server presents a certificate to the client, then the client does not check the DNS for SSHFP records. This means that a malicious server can essentially disable DNS-host-key-checking, which means the client will fall back to asking the user (who will just say "yes" to the fingerprint, sadly). . This is CVE-2014-2653. Author: Damien Miller Reviewed-by: Matthew Vernon Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/742513 Forwarded: not-needed Last-Update: 2014-04-03 Index: b/sshconnect.c =================================================================== --- a/sshconnect.c +++ b/sshconnect.c @@ -1110,29 +1110,39 @@ { int flags = 0; char *fp; + Key *plain = NULL; fp = key_fingerprint(host_key, SSH_FP_MD5, SSH_FP_HEX); debug("Server host key: %s %s", key_type(host_key), fp); xfree(fp); - /* XXX certs are not yet supported for DNS */ - if (!key_is_cert(host_key) && options.verify_host_key_dns && - verify_host_key_dns(host, hostaddr, host_key, &flags) == 0) { - if (flags & DNS_VERIFY_FOUND) { - - if (options.verify_host_key_dns == 1 && - flags & DNS_VERIFY_MATCH && - flags & DNS_VERIFY_SECURE) - return 0; - - if (flags & DNS_VERIFY_MATCH) { - matching_host_key_dns = 1; - } else { - warn_changed_key(host_key); - error("Update the SSHFP RR in DNS with the new " - "host key to get rid of this message."); + if (options.verify_host_key_dns) { + /* + * XXX certs are not yet supported for DNS, so downgrade + * them and try the plain key. + */ + plain = key_from_private(host_key); + if (key_is_cert(plain)) + key_drop_cert(plain); + if (verify_host_key_dns(host, hostaddr, plain, &flags) == 0) { + if (flags & DNS_VERIFY_FOUND) { + if (options.verify_host_key_dns == 1 && + flags & DNS_VERIFY_MATCH && + flags & DNS_VERIFY_SECURE) { + key_free(plain); + return 0; + } + if (flags & DNS_VERIFY_MATCH) { + matching_host_key_dns = 1; + } else { + warn_changed_key(plain); + error("Update the SSHFP RR in DNS " + "with the new host key to get rid " + "of this message."); + } } } + key_free(plain); } return check_host_key(host, hostaddr, options.port, host_key, RDRW,