Only allow ephemeral RSA keys in export ciphersuites.

OpenSSL clients would tolerate temporary RSA keys in non-export
ciphersuites. It also had an option SSL_OP_EPHEMERAL_RSA which
enabled this server side. Remove both options as they are a
protocol violation.

Thanks to Karthikeyan Bhargavan for reporting this issue.
(CVE-2015-0204)
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_options.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_options.pod
index 1594fb6eec..593435c493 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_options.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_options.pod
@@ -151,15 +151,7 @@ temporary/ephemeral DH parameters are used.
 
 =item SSL_OP_EPHEMERAL_RSA
 
-Always use ephemeral (temporary) RSA key when doing RSA operations
-(see L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)>).
-According to the specifications this is only done, when a RSA key
-can only be used for signature operations (namely under export ciphers
-with restricted RSA keylength). By setting this option, ephemeral
-RSA keys are always used. This option breaks compatibility with the
-SSL/TLS specifications and may lead to interoperability problems with
-clients and should therefore never be used. Ciphers with DHE (ephemeral
-Diffie-Hellman) key exchange should be used instead.
+This option is no longer implemented and is treated as no op.
 
 =item SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
 
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback.pod
index b23e43a963..94c55b8045 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback.pod
@@ -74,21 +74,14 @@ exchange and use DHE (Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman) key exchange instead
 in order to achieve forward secrecy (see
 L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)>).
 
-On OpenSSL servers ephemeral RSA key exchange is therefore disabled by default
-and must be explicitly enabled  using the SSL_OP_EPHEMERAL_RSA option of
-L<SSL_CTX_set_options(3)|SSL_CTX_set_options(3)>, violating the TLS/SSL
-standard. When ephemeral RSA key exchange is required for export ciphers,
-it will automatically be used without this option!
-
-An application may either directly specify the key or can supply the key via
-a callback function. The callback approach has the advantage, that the
-callback may generate the key only in case it is actually needed. As the
-generation of a RSA key is however costly, it will lead to a significant
-delay in the handshake procedure.  Another advantage of the callback function
-is that it can supply keys of different size (e.g. for SSL_OP_EPHEMERAL_RSA
-usage) while the explicit setting of the key is only useful for key size of
-512 bits to satisfy the export restricted ciphers and does give away key length
-if a longer key would be allowed.
+An application may either directly specify the key or can supply the key via a
+callback function. The callback approach has the advantage, that the callback
+may generate the key only in case it is actually needed. As the generation of a
+RSA key is however costly, it will lead to a significant delay in the handshake
+procedure.  Another advantage of the callback function is that it can supply
+keys of different size while the explicit setting of the key is only useful for
+key size of 512 bits to satisfy the export restricted ciphers and does give
+away key length if a longer key would be allowed.
 
 The B<tmp_rsa_callback> is called with the B<keylength> needed and
 the B<is_export> information. The B<is_export> flag is set, when the