[PATCH 3/4] Deprecate DES encryption functions.

[Florian Weimer]

On 05/06/2018 07:51 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:

> +* The functions 'encrypt', 'encrypt_r', 'setkey', 'setkey_r', 'cbc_crypt',
> +  'ecb_crypt', and 'des_setparity' are deprecated.  They encrypt and decrypt
> +  data with the DES block cipher, which is no longer considered secure.
> +  Also, encrypt, encrypt_r, setkey, and setkey_r require awkward pre- and
> +  post-processing of the encryption key and data to be encrypted, and
> +  encrypt and setkey are not thread-safe.  Software that still uses these
> +  functions should switch to a modern cryptography library, such as GnuTLS.

GNUTLS is no longer part of the GNU project.  You should recommend 
libgcrypt instead.

>   Changes to build and runtime requirements:
>   
>     [Add changes to build and runtime requirements here]
> diff --git a/crypt/Makefile b/crypt/Makefile
> index 303800df73..e122bcebf0 100644
> --- a/crypt/Makefile
> +++ b/crypt/Makefile
> @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ libcrypt-routines := crypt-entry md5-crypt sha256-crypt sha512-crypt crypt \
>   
>   tests := cert md5c-test sha256c-test sha512c-test badsalttest
>   
> +# cert.c tests the deprecated setkey/encrypt interface
> +CFLAGS-cert.c = -Wno-deprecated-declarations

Okay.

>   ifeq ($(crypt-in-libc),yes)
>   routines += $(libcrypt-routines)
>   endif
> diff --git a/crypt/crypt.h b/crypt/crypt.h
> index 5da098b715..22cf13ff89 100644
> --- a/crypt/crypt.h
> +++ b/crypt/crypt.h
> @@ -32,13 +32,18 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
>   extern char *crypt (const char *__key, const char *__salt)
>        __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
>   
> -/* Setup DES tables according KEY.  */
> -extern void setkey (const char *__key) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
> +/* Set the encryption key for subsequent calls to 'encrypt'.
> +   This function should not be used in new programs, because the cipher
> +   it uses is DES, which is unacceptably weak by modern standards.  */
> +extern void setkey (const char *__key)
> +     __THROW __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;
>   
>   /* Encrypt data in BLOCK in place if EDFLAG is zero; otherwise decrypt
> -   block in place.  */
> +   block in place.  The key is controlled by 'setkey'.
> +   This function should not be used in new programs, because the cipher
> +   it uses is DES, which is unacceptably weak by modern standards.  */
>   extern void encrypt (char *__glibc_block, int __edflag)
> -     __THROW __nonnull ((1));
> +     __THROW __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;
>   
>   #ifdef __USE_GNU
>   /* Reentrant versions of the functions above.  The additional argument
> @@ -63,11 +68,11 @@ extern char *crypt_r (const char *__key, const char *__salt,
>   
>   extern void setkey_r (const char *__key,
>   		      struct crypt_data * __restrict __data)
> -     __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
> +     __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2)) __attribute_deprecated__;
>   
>   extern void encrypt_r (char *__glibc_block, int __edflag,
>   		       struct crypt_data * __restrict __data)
> -     __THROW __nonnull ((1, 3));
> +     __THROW __nonnull ((1, 3)) __attribute_deprecated__;
>   #endif

Okay.

>   __END_DECLS
> diff --git a/posix/unistd.h b/posix/unistd.h
> index 4d149f9945..5d4e07f6c8 100644
> --- a/posix/unistd.h
> +++ b/posix/unistd.h
> @@ -1127,10 +1127,12 @@ extern char *crypt (const char *__key, const char *__salt)
>        __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
>   
>   /* Encrypt data in BLOCK in place if EDFLAG is zero; otherwise decrypt
> -   block in place.  */
> -extern void encrypt (char *__glibc_block, int __edflag)
> -     __THROW __nonnull ((1));
> +   block in place.  The key is controlled by 'setkey', in stdlib.h.
>   
> +   This function should not be used in new programs, because the cipher
> +   it uses is DES, which is unacceptably weak by modern standards.  */
> +extern void encrypt (char *__glibc_block, int __edflag)
> +     __THROW __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;

Okay.

>   
>   /* Swab pairs bytes in the first N bytes of the area pointed to by
>      FROM and copy the result to TO.  The value of TO must not be in the
> diff --git a/stdlib/stdlib.h b/stdlib/stdlib.h
> index 6b1ead31e0..5b104bcc51 100644
> --- a/stdlib/stdlib.h
> +++ b/stdlib/stdlib.h
> @@ -959,8 +959,13 @@ extern int getsubopt (char **__restrict __optionp,
>   
>   
>   #ifdef __USE_XOPEN
> -/* Setup DES tables according KEY.  */
> -extern void setkey (const char *__key) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
> +/* Set the encryption key for subsequent calls to 'encrypt', which is
> +   declared in unistd.h.
> +
> +   This function should not be used in new programs, because the cipher
> +   it uses is DES, which is unacceptably weak by modern standards.  */
> +extern void setkey (const char *__key)
> +     __THROW __nonnull ((1)) __attribute_deprecated__;
>   #endif

Okay.

> diff --git a/sunrpc/Makefile b/sunrpc/Makefile
> index 8f2a3c8213..07fb90de6b 100644
> --- a/sunrpc/Makefile
> +++ b/sunrpc/Makefile
> @@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ CFLAGS-pmap_rmt.c += -fexceptions
>   CFLAGS-clnt_perr.c += -fexceptions
>   CFLAGS-openchild.c += -fexceptions
>   
> +# These files implement Secure RPC authentication using DES, which is
> +# no longer secure and has had some of the associated functions tagged
> +# __attribute_deprecated__.
> +CFLAGS-auth_des.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
> +CFLAGS-des_crypt.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
> +CFLAGS-des_soft.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
> +CFLAGS-svcauth_des.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
> +CFLAGS-xcrypt.c += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
> +

Okay.

>   sunrpc-CPPFLAGS = -D_RPC_THREAD_SAFE_
>   CPPFLAGS += $(sunrpc-CPPFLAGS)
>   BUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(sunrpc-CPPFLAGS)
> diff --git a/sunrpc/rpc/des_crypt.h b/sunrpc/rpc/des_crypt.h
> index 77cca3cbed..85875afa11 100644
> --- a/sunrpc/rpc/des_crypt.h
> +++ b/sunrpc/rpc/des_crypt.h
> @@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
>    * DESERR_NOHWDEVICE is returned if DES_HW was specified but
>    * there was no hardware to do it on (the data will still be
>    * encrypted though, in software).
> + *
> + * None of the functions in this header should be used in new programs,
> + * because the cipher they use is DES, which is unacceptably weak by
> + * modern standards.
>    */
>   
>   
> @@ -77,19 +81,20 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
>    * Cipher Block Chaining mode
>    */
>   extern int cbc_crypt (char *__key, char *__buf, unsigned __len,
> -		      unsigned __mode, char *__ivec) __THROW;
> +		      unsigned __mode, char *__ivec)
> +  __THROW __attribute_deprecated__;
>   
>   /*
>    * Electronic Code Book mode
>    */
>   extern int ecb_crypt (char *__key, char *__buf, unsigned __len,
> -		      unsigned __mode) __THROW;
> +		      unsigned __mode) __THROW __attribute_deprecated__;
>   
>   /*
>    * Set des parity for a key.
>    * DES parity is odd and in the low bit of each byte
>    */
> -extern void des_setparity (char *__key) __THROW;
> +extern void des_setparity (char *__key) __THROW __attribute_deprecated__;

Okay.

Thanks,
Florian