[Openembedded-architecture] Yocto post-release CVE and package uprev policy - openssl, ffmpeg, etc.

Mark Hatle mark.hatle at windriver.com
Mon Jan 30 17:31:29 UTC 2017


On 1/30/17 10:45 AM, akuster808 wrote:
> 
> 
> On 01/26/2017 12:10 PM, Randy MacLeod wrote:
>>
>> Yocto seems to have a policy not to update packages once a
>> release is generally available. 
> I believe this is already covered in the current policy.
> 
> (lifted from policy)
> No recipe upgrades unless:
> The new version contains a security patch or other critical bugfix that 
> is too difficult to backport to the version already in the stable branch.
> 
> does that not cover this concern?

No.  The issue is that there are other non-security fixes that are roughly being
ignored.  And we often get a lot of the "why aren't you on version XYZ of
OpenSSL" type questions.

Doesn't matter if it's up-to-date or not, they're convinced by their 'security
scanning software' that anything it says 'might' have a problem -does- have a
problem.

As others have indicate the worry is always around the APIs.  They change and it
screws up everything else.

(there is also a secondary issue of... it's easier to just jump versions, then
backport fixes and verify the fixes are working...)

--Mark


>> I think that rule should be
>> broken for certain packages that have been reviewed and tested
>> properly.
> 
> To me the responsibility  is on the person who wants for issue fixed via 
> a package update. They need to convince the package maintainer or branch 
> maintainer that this is the better course of action than to back port a 
> patch.
>>
>> See:
>>    https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10707
>> for additional background.
>>
>> For some packages,  the upstream development team fixes CVE and
>> other bugs on their released version and by YP only cherry-picking back
>> specific fixes, we expose users to additional risk and incur higher
>> costs of maintenance. At least two packages that I know of have released
> 
>> "bug fix only" updates to fix CVEs and other defects for packages
>> that are in morty:
>>
>>  - openssl 1.0.2j -> 1.0.2k
>>  - ffmpeg 3.1.3 -> 3.1.5
>>
> 
> Gcc, Glibc and kernel fall into this bucket too so where do you draw the 
> line?
> 
>> Should we continue to cherry-pick back only the CVEs fixes
>> or should we review, test, and release the full minor release?
> 
> My preference is to improve the guidelines rather than creating 
> exceptions. There is the scenario that if a CVE fix exists and no new 
> package version has been released, we should wait.
> 
> It not uncommon for a commit  message to a  package upgrade lacks 
> information to help a stable branch maintainer make a decision for 
> backporting.
> 
>>
>> I've done a review of openssl below but
>> before I proceed with more evaluation or sending the
>> uprev to the list for morty, I'd like to know if the upgrade
>> policy will block such a change. From my analysis, there's only
>> one change that seems like an upgrade blocker and I need help
>> to evaluate that since I'm not an openssl maintainer.
>>
>>
>> I've done the upgrade locally. It's just a few lines and builds
>> seem to be fine so far. I'll send the upgrade for master
>> at least once my builds complete and I've done some other
>> tests.
> 
> Then send patches and explain why. The maintainer of the stable branch 
> appears to be some what reasonable and does appreciate all input on what 
> should be back ported to the stable branches.
> 
> Regards,
> Armin
> 
>>
>> ../Randy
>>
>>
>> Review of openssl-1.0.2j->k.
>>
>>
>> Early next week, I'll check for an update on: 1.0.2j->k compatibility
>> here:
>>    https://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/timeline/openssl/
>> 'k' hasn't been done as of Jan 26th.
>>
>>
>> I looked at the 78 changes to openssl-1.0.2j->k and
>> found that 4 header files had changed. Here's a list of
>> the header files and my conclusion/summary.
>>
>> $ git diff OpenSSL_1_0_2j..OpenSSL_1_0_2k | \
>>       diffstat| grep "\.h"
>>  apps/apps.h                      |    4
>>   --> Add: always call setup_engine
>>  crypto/evp/evp.h                 |    6
>>   --> +# define EVP_R_INVALID_KEY and whitespace
>>  crypto/opensslv.h                |    6
>>   --> version update
>>  ssl/ssl_locl.h                   |    2
>>   --> api change but according to [1] it's an internal header
>>       -int ssl_check_clienthello_tlsext_late(SSL *s);
>>       +int ssl_check_clienthello_tlsext_late(SSL *s, int *al);
>>
>>
>> [1] Mr Burton claims this is (or was?) a private api:
>>     https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=641711
>>
>>
>> The change to always call setup_engine() may be a problem
>> but I'm not familiar with the openssl code base so I'm
>> not sure how big a deal it is. Alex, are you familiar with
>> this part of openssl?
>>
>>
>> Here is a list of the commits:
>>
>> $ git log --oneline OpenSSL_1_0_2j..OpenSSL_1_0_2k | wc -l
>> 78
>>
>> $ git log --oneline OpenSSL_1_0_2j..OpenSSL_1_0_2k
>>
>> 081314d Prepare for 1.0.2k release
>> 06f87e9 Update CHANGES and NEWS for new release
>> 918d8ea Better check of DH parameters in TLS data
>> 760d043 bn/asm/x86_64-mont5.pl: fix carry bug in bn_sqr8x_internal.
>> 51d0090 crypto/evp: harden RC4_MD5 cipher.
>> 8957add Fix error handling in compute_key, BN_CTX_get can return NULL
>> cb00d4f Fix a ssl session leak due to OOM in lh_SSL_SESSION_insert
>> e203f49 Fix SSL_VERIFY_CLIENT_ONCE
>> 149e98d Add missing va_end
>> 16f013f Fix DSA parameter generation control error
>> 52b703f Clean one unused variable, plus an useless one.
>> 1f234f7 GH1986: Document -header flag.
>> 0ecb682 Fix error handling in SSL_CTX_new
>> 2045c58 Fix a memory leak in RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_OAEP_mgf1
>> 18b8431 replace "will lookup up" by "will look up"
>> 58c81e7 Reformat M_check_autoarg to match our coding style
>> 222333c M_check_autoarg: sanity check the key
>> 3fb9f87 Fix typo.
>> 5bbedd3 zero pad DHE public key in ServerKeyExchange message for interop
>> 70705b2 Fix ssl_cert_dup: change one 'return NULL' to 'goto err'
>> 3b584ef Make 'err' lable in ssl_cert_dup unconditional
>> 292bb56 Fix a bug in clienthello processing
>> 7624a31 perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl: refine sign extension in ea package.
>> 10a5037 UI_OpenSSL()'s session opener fails on MacOS X
>> 78a3e80 VMS UI_OpenSSL:
>>            if the TT device isn't a tty, flag instead of error
>> fecd4c2 Check input length to pkey_rsa_verify()
>> 5ae285e Remove extra bang
>> 59ba83c UI code style cleanup
>> 748a2d9 Revert "Fix heartbeat_test"
>> be3a7dd apps/speed.c: Fix crash when config loading fails
>> c477f8e INSTALL: clarify 386 and no-sse2 options.
>> f47201b modes/ctr128.c: fix false carry in counter increment procedure.
>> c4c7165 Clarify what X509_NAME_online does with
>>            the given buffer and size
>> 31b4307 Make SSL_read and SSL_write return
>>            the old behaviour and document it.
>> 09b894b Use consistent variable names
>> f4ef1c5 domd: Preserve Makefile time when it is unchanged
>> 7a9d712 mklink: Do not needlessly overwrite linked files...
>> 62f16de domd: Do not needlessly overwrite Makefiles
>> 22cc44d mklink: Do not needlessly overwrite linked files...
>> ecc9551 Configure: Improve incremental build time
>> 8ac70be Check return value of some BN functions.
>> 3201a1d Solution proposal for issue #1647.
>> 19e1de5 Update CHANGES and NEWS
>> 57c4b9f bn/asm/x86_64-mont.pl: fix for CVE-2016-7055 (Low severity).
>> c210840 Makefile.org: clear APPS environment variable.
>> 95873c5 Missed a mention of RT
>> 563a34e Add a CHANGES entry for the unrecognised record type change
>> f118539 Fail if an unrecognised record type is received
>> ad69a30 Fix heartbeat_test
>> ba2bf83 Secure our notification email.
>> e022375 Fix grammar-o in CONTRIBUTING
>> 787b2dc Add $(EX_LIBS) to the LIBDEPS for libgost.so,
>>            just as for all other engines
>> 0b9c5da Implement length checks as a macro
>> a520723 Ensure we have length checks for all extensions
>> 83a1d4b Fix length check writing status request extension
>> 57aa2f1 Fix a double free in ca command line
>> fa4c374 A zero return from BIO_read/BIO_write() could be retryable
>> 31bf65c Fix typo (reported by Matthias St. Pierre)
>> 0e46901 Fix leak of secrecy in ecdh_compute_key()
>> 3ade92e Correctly find all critical CRL extensions
>> 45f4761 remove redundant zero assignments
>> cdb203f %p takes void*, so make sure to cast arguments to void*
>> 0df1caa apps: make setup_engine() and release_engine() available always
>> aa01b82 If an engine comes up explicitely,
>>            it must also come down explicitely
>> 10e60f2 Fix no-des
>> 1c6aab6 Make 'openssl prime ""' not segfault
>> 99c002b Fix strict-warnings build
>> b0161f6 Fix strict-warnings build
>> 78ee64c Fix signatures of EVP_Digest{Sign,Verify}Update
>> 02a0231 Ensure we handle len == 0 in ERR_err_string_n
>> 6d69dc5 Degrade 3DES to MEDIUM in SSL2
>> e8e380c RT is put out to pasture
>> f1f9769 Add missing error string for SSL_R_TOO_MANY_WARN_ALERTS
>> 53a71b7 apps/apps.c: initialize and de-initialize engine
>>            around key loading
>> a269e5f Revert "Call ENGINE_init() before trying to use keys
>>            from engine"
>> 4badd2b Call ENGINE_init() before trying to use keys from engine
>> 9702bf5 Fix NEWS error
>> f6e43fe Prepare for 1.0.2k-dev
>>
>>
>> I've look at any commits that *seem* like they could be more than
>> a bug fix or that might change the api. Aside from the two issues
>> related to header files, I didn't see anything to worry about.
>>
>> $ git diff OpenSSL_1_0_2j..OpenSSL_1_0_2k  | diffstat
>>  .travis.yml                                |    2
>>  CHANGES                                    |   61 ++++++
>>  CONTRIBUTING                               |   55 +----
>>  Configure                                  |   34 ++-
>>  INSTALL                                    |   69 +++---
>>  Makefile.org                               |    3
>>  NEWS                                       |    8
>>  README                                     |   36 ---
>>  apps/apps.c                                |   19 +
>>  apps/apps.h                                |    4
>>  apps/ca.c                                  |    6
>>  apps/cms.c                                 |    5
>>  apps/dgst.c                                |    1
>>  apps/dh.c                                  |    6
>>  apps/dhparam.c                             |    8
>>  apps/dsa.c                                 |    7
>>  apps/dsaparam.c                            |    8
>>  apps/ec.c                                  |    6
>>  apps/ecparam.c                             |   10
>>  apps/enc.c                                 |    8
>>  apps/gendh.c                               |    4
>>  apps/gendsa.c                              |    8
>>  apps/genpkey.c                             |    2
>>  apps/genrsa.c                              |    7
>>  apps/pkcs12.c                              |    7
>>  apps/pkcs7.c                               |    8
>>  apps/pkcs8.c                               |    5
>>  apps/pkey.c                                |    5
>>  apps/pkeyparam.c                           |    8
>>  apps/pkeyutl.c                             |    1
>>  apps/prime.c                               |   12 -
>>  apps/rand.c                                |    8
>>  apps/req.c                                 |    5
>>  apps/rsa.c                                 |    5
>>  apps/rsautl.c                              |    5
>>  apps/s_cb.c                                |    4
>>  apps/s_client.c                            |    7
>>  apps/s_server.c                            |    7
>>  apps/smime.c                               |    5
>>  apps/speed.c                               |   14 -
>>  apps/spkac.c                               |    5
>>  apps/srp.c                                 |    8
>>  apps/verify.c                              |    5
>>  apps/x509.c                                |    5
>>  crypto/aes/asm/aes-s390x.pl                |    8
>>  crypto/asn1/p5_pbev2.c                     |    8
>>  crypto/asn1/x_crl.c                        |    3
>>  crypto/bn/asm/x86_64-mont.pl               |    5
>>  crypto/bn/asm/x86_64-mont5.pl              |   16 -
>>  crypto/bn/bn_exp.c                         |    5
>>  crypto/bn/bn_mul.c                         |    5
>>  crypto/bn/bn_prime.c                       |    3
>>  crypto/bn/bn_sqr.c                         |    5
>>  crypto/cms/cms_kari.c                      |    5
>>  crypto/dh/dh_key.c                         |    2
>>  crypto/dsa/dsa_pmeth.c                     |    2
>>  crypto/ec/ec2_mult.c                       |   20 +
>>  crypto/ecdh/ech_ossl.c                     |    4
>>  crypto/err/err.c                           |    3
>>  crypto/evp/e_aes.c                         |    4
>>  crypto/evp/e_rc4_hmac_md5.c                |    2
>>  crypto/evp/evp.h                           |    6
>>  crypto/evp/evp_err.c                       |    3
>>  crypto/evp/pmeth_fn.c                      |   30 +-
>>  crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c                     |   28 --
>>  crypto/modes/ctr128.c                      |    2
>>  crypto/opensslv.h                          |    6
>>  crypto/perlasm/x86_64-xlate.pl             |   11 -
>>  crypto/rsa/rsa_gen.c                       |    3
>>  crypto/rsa/rsa_oaep.c                      |    8
>>  crypto/rsa/rsa_pmeth.c                     |    4
>>  crypto/s390xcap.c                          |    1
>>  crypto/ui/ui_lib.c                         |  138 +++++++------
>>  crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c                     |   59 +++--
>>  demos/easy_tls/easy-tls.c                  |    1
>>  doc/apps/ocsp.pod                          |    9
>>  doc/crypto/EVP_DigestSignInit.pod          |    2
>>  doc/crypto/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod        |    2
>>  doc/crypto/RSA_generate_key.pod            |    2
>>  doc/crypto/X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID.pod  |    3
>>  doc/crypto/X509_NAME_print_ex.pod          |    8
>>  doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode.pod |    2
>>  doc/ssl/SSL_get_error.pod                  |   22 --
>>  doc/ssl/SSL_read.pod                       |   32 +--
>>  doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod                      |   19 -
>>  engines/ccgost/Makefile                    |    2
>>  openssl.spec                               |    2
>>  ssl/bad_dtls_test.c                        |    5
>>  ssl/s23_pkt.c                              |   12 -
>>  ssl/s2_lib.c                               |    2
>>  ssl/s2_pkt.c                               |   10
>>  ssl/s3_clnt.c                              |   44 +++-
>>  ssl/s3_pkt.c                               |   23 +-
>>  ssl/s3_srvr.c                              |   33 ++-
>>  ssl/ssl_cert.c                             |    4
>>  ssl/ssl_err.c                              |    1
>>  ssl/ssl_lib.c                              |    4
>>  ssl/ssl_locl.h                             |    2
>>  ssl/ssl_sess.c                             |    9
>>  ssl/t1_lib.c                               |  291 
>> ++++++++++++++++++-----------
>>  util/domd                                  |   11 -
>>  util/mklink.pl                             |    8
>>  102 files changed, 836 insertions(+), 634 deletions(-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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