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-rw-r--r--CHANGES4
-rw-r--r--crypto/dsa/dsa_gen.c29
-rw-r--r--doc/crypto/DSA_generate_parameters.pod11
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index bcfae0a349..384abf882f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 [xx XXX xxxx]
+ *) In DSA_generate_parameters_ex, if the provided seed is too short,
+ return an error
+ [Rich Salz and Ismo Puustinen <ismo.puustinen@intel.com>]
+
*) Rewrite PSK to support ECDHE_PSK, DHE_PSK and RSA_PSK. Add ciphersuites
from RFC4279, RFC4785, RFC5487, RFC5489.
diff --git a/crypto/dsa/dsa_gen.c b/crypto/dsa/dsa_gen.c
index e030cfa1e9..a4fae17667 100644
--- a/crypto/dsa/dsa_gen.c
+++ b/crypto/dsa/dsa_gen.c
@@ -132,18 +132,15 @@ int dsa_builtin_paramgen(DSA *ret, size_t bits, size_t qbits,
bits = (bits + 63) / 64 * 64;
- /*
- * NB: seed_len == 0 is special case: copy generated seed to seed_in if
- * it is not NULL.
- */
- if (seed_len && (seed_len < (size_t)qsize))
- seed_in = NULL; /* seed buffer too small -- ignore */
- if (seed_len > (size_t)qsize)
- seed_len = qsize; /* App. 2.2 of FIPS PUB 186 allows larger
- * SEED, but our internal buffers are
- * restricted to 160 bits */
- if (seed_in != NULL)
+ if (seed_in != NULL) {
+ if (seed_len < (size_t)qsize)
+ return 0;
+ if (seed_len > (size_t)qsize) {
+ /* Don't overflow seed local variable. */
+ seed_len = qsize;
+ }
memcpy(seed, seed_in, seed_len);
+ }
if ((ctx = BN_CTX_new()) == NULL)
goto err;
@@ -166,20 +163,18 @@ int dsa_builtin_paramgen(DSA *ret, size_t bits, size_t qbits,
for (;;) {
for (;;) { /* find q */
- int seed_is_random;
+ int seed_is_random = seed_in == NULL;
/* step 1 */
if (!BN_GENCB_call(cb, 0, m++))
goto err;
- if (!seed_len) {
+ if (seed_is_random) {
if (RAND_bytes(seed, qsize) <= 0)
goto err;
- seed_is_random = 1;
} else {
- seed_is_random = 0;
- seed_len = 0; /* use random seed if 'seed_in' turns out to
- * be bad */
+ /* If we come back through, use random seed next time. */
+ seed_in = NULL;
}
memcpy(buf, seed, qsize);
memcpy(buf2, seed, qsize);
diff --git a/doc/crypto/DSA_generate_parameters.pod b/doc/crypto/DSA_generate_parameters.pod
index d2a0418b52..92c89a07eb 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/DSA_generate_parameters.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/DSA_generate_parameters.pod
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@ Deprecated:
DSA_generate_parameters_ex() generates primes p and q and a generator g
for use in the DSA and stores the result in B<dsa>.
-B<bits> is the length of the prime to be generated; the DSS allows a
-maximum of 1024 bits.
+B<bits> is the length of the prime p to be generated.
+For lengths under 2048 bits, the length of q is 160 bits; for lengths
+at least 2048, it is set to 256 bits.
-If B<seed> is B<NULL> or B<seed_len> E<lt> 20, the primes will be
-generated at random. Otherwise, the seed is used to generate
-them. If the given seed does not yield a prime q, a new random
-seed is chosen and placed at B<seed>.
+If B<seed> is NULL, the primes will be generated at random.
+If B<seed_len> is less than the length of q, an error is returned.
DSA_generate_parameters_ex() places the iteration count in
*B<counter_ret> and a counter used for finding a generator in