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| author | Justus Winter <justus@sequoia-pgp.org> | 2020-05-18 13:15:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Justus Winter <justus@sequoia-pgp.org> | 2020-05-28 11:52:26 +0200 |
| commit | 94dcb41c69c4e16f1f491a9b27148e90a0d713e7 (patch) | |
| tree | aea6795fb6867500f36a8e94cbe1a4e6a00ce0af /openpgp/src/parse.rs | |
| parent | 47362eed301a4954af94afe84df16ab6eddecf8d (diff) | |
openpgp: Add a warning to PacketParser::decrypt.
Diffstat (limited to 'openpgp/src/parse.rs')
| -rw-r--r-- | openpgp/src/parse.rs | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/openpgp/src/parse.rs b/openpgp/src/parse.rs index cf8cbfef..e84cca47 100644 --- a/openpgp/src/parse.rs +++ b/openpgp/src/parse.rs @@ -4762,6 +4762,17 @@ impl<'a> PacketParser<'a> { /// } /// # Ok(()) } /// ``` + /// + /// # Security Considerations + /// + /// This functions returns rich errors in case the decryption + /// fails. In combination with certain asymmetric algorithms + /// (RSA), this may lead to compromise of secret key material. + /// See [Section 14 of RFC 4880]. Do not relay these errors in + /// situations where an attacker can request decryption of + /// messages in an automated fashion. + /// + /// [Section 14 of RFC 4880]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880#section-14 pub fn decrypt(&mut self, algo: SymmetricAlgorithm, key: &SessionKey) -> Result<()> { |