X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=CHANGES;h=9dbb21213c5e5cb5bd8f2eccca01232ac0160090;hp=5ea0e7b91643fae844aa4ba46d16f92079f524d2;hb=ba11121731cb1474479b655e47e15d40f80ebed6;hpb=f013c7f2a6d6c6ab4695c11e47c7eba9fe09a84e diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index 5ea0e7b916..9dbb21213c 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -4,6 +4,148 @@ Changes between 0.9.7 and 0.9.8 [xx XXX 2002] + *) Add support for ECC-based ciphersuites from draft-ietf-tls-ecc-01.txt. + As these are not official, they are not included in "ALL"; + the "ECCdraft" ciphersuite group alias can be used to select them. + [Vipul Gupta and Sumit Gupta (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) Add ECDH engine support. + [Nils Gura and Douglas Stebila (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) Add ECDH in new directory crypto/ecdh/. +TODO: more general interface (return x coordinate, not its hash) +TODO: bug: pad x with leading zeros if necessary + [Douglas Stebila (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) Let BN_rand_range() abort with an error after 100 iterations + without success (which indicates a broken PRNG). + [Bodo Moeller] + + *) Change BN_mod_sqrt() so that it verifies that the input value + is really the square of the return value. (Previously, + BN_mod_sqrt would show GIGO behaviour.) + [Bodo Moeller] + + *) Add named elliptic curves over binary fields from X9.62, SECG, + and WAP/WTLS; add OIDs that were still missing. + + [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila + (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) Extend the EC library for elliptic curves over binary fields + (new files ec2_smpl.c, ec2_smpt.c, ec2_mult.c in crypto/ec/). + New EC_METHOD: + + EC_GF2m_simple_method + + New API functions: + + EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m + EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m + EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m + EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m + EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GF2m + EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m + + Point compression for binary fields is disabled by default for + patent reasons (compile with OPENSSL_EC_BIN_PT_COMP defined to + enable it). + + As binary polynomials are represented as BIGNUMs, various members + of the EC_GROUP and EC_POINT data structures can be shared + between the implementations for prime fields and binary fields; + the above ..._GF2m functions (except for EX_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m) + are essentially identical to their ..._GFp counterparts. + (For simplicity, the '..._GFp' prefix has been dropped from + various internal method names.) + + An internal 'field_div' method (similar to 'field_mul' and + 'field_sqr') has been added; this is used only for binary fields. + + [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila + (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) Optionally dispatch EC_POINT_mul(), EC_POINT_precompute_mult() + through methods ('mul', 'precompute_mult'). + + The generic implementations (now internally called 'ec_wNAF_mul' + and 'ec_wNAF_precomputed_mult') remain the default if these + methods are undefined. + + [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila + (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) New function EC_GROUP_get_degree, which is defined through + EC_METHOD. For curves over prime fields, this returns the bit + length of the modulus. + + [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila + (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) New functions EC_GROUP_dup, EC_POINT_dup. + (These simply call ..._new and ..._copy). + + [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila + (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) Add binary polynomial arithmetic software in crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c. + Polynomials are represented as BIGNUMs (where the sign bit is not + used) in the following functions [macros]: + + BN_GF2m_add + BN_GF2m_sub [= BN_GF2m_add] + BN_GF2m_mod [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_arr] + BN_GF2m_mod_mul [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_mul_arr] + BN_GF2m_mod_sqr [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_sqr_arr] + BN_GF2m_mod_inv + BN_GF2m_mod_exp [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_exp_arr] + BN_GF2m_mod_sqrt [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_sqrt_arr] + BN_GF2m_mod_solve_quad [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_solve_quad_arr] + BN_GF2m_cmp [= BN_ucmp] + + (Note that only the 'mod' functions are actually for fields GF(2^m). + BN_GF2m_add() is misnomer, but this is for the sake of consistency.) + + For some functions, an the irreducible polynomial defining a + field can be given as an 'unsigned int[]' with strictly + decreasing elements giving the indices of those bits that are set; + i.e., p[] represents the polynomial + f(t) = t^p[0] + t^p[1] + ... + t^p[k] + where + p[0] > p[1] > ... > p[k] = 0. + This applies to the following functions: + + BN_GF2m_mod_arr + BN_GF2m_mod_mul_arr + BN_GF2m_mod_sqr_arr + BN_GF2m_mod_inv_arr [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_inv] + BN_GF2m_mod_div_arr [wrapper for BN_GF2m_mod_div] + BN_GF2m_mod_exp_arr + BN_GF2m_mod_sqrt_arr + BN_GF2m_mod_solve_quad_arr + BN_GF2m_poly2arr + BN_GF2m_arr2poly + + Conversion can be performed by the following functions: + + BN_GF2m_poly2arr + BN_GF2m_arr2poly + + bntest.c has additional tests for binary polynomial arithmetic. + + Two implementations for BN_GF2m_mod_div() are available. + The default algorithm simply uses BN_GF2m_mod_inv() and + BN_GF2m_mod_mul(). The alternative algorithm is compiled in only + if OPENSSL_SUN_GF2M_DIV is defined (patent pending; read the + copyright notice in crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c before enabling it). + + [Sheueling Chang Shantz and Douglas Stebila + (Sun Microsystems Laboratories)] + + *) Add new error code 'ERR_R_DISABLED' that can be used when some + functionality is disabled at compile-time. + [Douglas Stebila ] + *) Change default behaviour of 'openssl asn1parse' so that more information is visible when viewing, e.g., a certificate: @@ -85,21 +227,32 @@ - X509_PUBKEY_get (crypto/asn1/x_pubkey.c) and d2i_PublicKey (crypto/asn1/d2i_pu.c) have been modified to make them suitable for ECDSA where domain parameters must be - extracted before the specific public key. + extracted before the specific public key; + - ECDSA engine support has been added. [Nils Larsch ] *) Include some named elliptic curves, and add OIDs from X9.62, - SECG, and WAP/WTLS. The curves can be obtained from the new - functions - EC_GROUP_new_by_nid() - EC_GROUP_new_by_name() + SECG, and WAP/WTLS. Each curve can be obtained from the new + function + EC_GROUP_new_by_nid(), + and the list of available named curves can be obtained with + EC_get_builtin_curves(). Also add a 'curve_name' member to EC_GROUP objects, which can be accessed via EC_GROUP_set_nid() EC_GROUP_get_nid() [Nils Larsch , Steve Henson] + + *) The "block size" for block ciphers in CFB and OFB mode should be 1. + [Steve Henson, reported by Yngve Nysaeter Pettersen ] + + *) The "block size" for block ciphers in CFB and OFB mode should be 1. + [Steve Henson] *) Make sure tests can be performed even if the corresponding algorithms have been removed entirely. This was also the last step to make @@ -1764,7 +1917,44 @@ des-cbc 3624.96k 5258.21k 5530.91k 5624.30k 5628.26k *) Clean old EAY MD5 hack from e_os.h. [Richard Levitte] - Changes between 0.9.6d and 0.9.6e [XX xxx XXXX] + Changes between 0.9.6g and 0.9.6h [xx XXX xxxx] + + *) Reorder cleanup sequence in SSL_CTX_free(): only remove the ex_data after + the cached sessions are flushed, as the remove_cb() might use ex_data + contents. Bug found by Sam Varshavchik + (see [openssl.org #212]). + [Geoff Thorpe, Lutz Jaenicke] + + *) Fix typo in OBJ_txt2obj which incorrectly passed the content + length, instead of the encoding length to d2i_ASN1_OBJECT. + [Steve Henson] + + Changes between 0.9.6f and 0.9.6g [9 Aug 2002] + + *) [In 0.9.6g-engine release:] + Fix crypto/engine/vendor_defns/cswift.h for WIN32 (use '_stdcall'). + [Lynn Gazis ] + + Changes between 0.9.6e and 0.9.6f [8 Aug 2002] + + *) Fix ASN1 checks. Check for overflow by comparing with LONG_MAX + and get fix the header length calculation. + [Florian Weimer , + Alon Kantor (and others), + Steve Henson] + + *) Use proper error handling instead of 'assertions' in buffer + overflow checks added in 0.9.6e. This prevents DoS (the + assertions could call abort()). + [Arne Ansper , Bodo Moeller] + + Changes between 0.9.6d and 0.9.6e [30 Jul 2002] + + *) Add various sanity checks to asn1_get_length() to reject + the ASN1 length bytes if they exceed sizeof(long), will appear + negative or the content length exceeds the length of the + supplied buffer. + [Steve Henson, Adi Stav , James Yonan ] *) Fix cipher selection routines: ciphers without encryption had no flags for the cipher strength set and where therefore not handled correctly @@ -1787,6 +1977,40 @@ des-cbc 3624.96k 5258.21k 5530.91k 5624.30k 5628.26k applications. [Bodo Moeller] + *) Changes in security patch: + + Changes marked "(CHATS)" were sponsored by the Defense Advanced + Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, + Air Force Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number + F30602-01-2-0537. + + *) Add various sanity checks to asn1_get_length() to reject + the ASN1 length bytes if they exceed sizeof(long), will appear + negative or the content length exceeds the length of the + supplied buffer. (CAN-2002-0659) + [Steve Henson, Adi Stav , James Yonan ] + + *) Assertions for various potential buffer overflows, not known to + happen in practice. + [Ben Laurie (CHATS)] + + *) Various temporary buffers to hold ASCII versions of integers were + too small for 64 bit platforms. (CAN-2002-0655) + [Matthew Byng-Maddick and Ben Laurie (CHATS)> + + *) Remote buffer overflow in SSL3 protocol - an attacker could + supply an oversized master key in Kerberos-enabled versions. + (CAN-2002-0657) + [Ben Laurie (CHATS)] + + *) Remote buffer overflow in SSL3 protocol - an attacker could + supply an oversized session ID to a client. (CAN-2002-0656) + [Ben Laurie (CHATS)] + + *) Remote buffer overflow in SSL2 protocol - an attacker could + supply an oversized client master key. (CAN-2002-0656) + [Ben Laurie (CHATS)] + Changes between 0.9.6c and 0.9.6d [9 May 2002] *) Fix crypto/asn1/a_sign.c so that 'parameters' is omitted (not