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authordjm@openbsd.org <djm@openbsd.org>2024-01-08 05:10:03 +0100
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2024-01-08 06:06:28 +0100
commitf64cede2a3c298b50a2659a8b53eb3ab2c0b8d23 (patch)
tree3018557ec8ecd35ede89794167ca92dec309a866 /PROTOCOL
parentupdate fuzzer example makefile to clang16 (diff)
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upstream: make kex-strict section more explicit about its intent:
banning all messages not strictly required in KEX OpenBSD-Commit-ID: fc33a2d7f3b7013a7fb7500bdbaa8254ebc88116
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diff --git a/PROTOCOL b/PROTOCOL
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@@ -152,12 +152,13 @@ When an endpoint that supports this extension observes this algorithm
name in a peer's KEXINIT packet, it MUST make the following changes to
the protocol:
-a) During initial KEX, terminate the connection if any unexpected or
- out-of-sequence packet is received. This includes terminating the
- connection if the first packet received is not SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT.
- Unexpected packets for the purpose of strict KEX include messages
- that are otherwise valid at any time during the connection such as
- SSH2_MSG_DEBUG and SSH2_MSG_IGNORE.
+a) During initial KEX, terminate the connection if out-of-sequence
+ packet or any message that is not strictly required by KEX is
+ received. This includes terminating the connection if the first
+ packet received is not SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT. Unexpected packets for
+ the purpose of strict KEX include messages that are otherwise
+ valid at any time during the connection such as SSH2_MSG_DEBUG,
+ SSH2_MSG_IGNORE or SSH2_MSG_UNIMPLEMENTED.
b) After sending or receiving a SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS message, reset the
packet sequence number to zero. This behaviour persists for the
duration of the connection (i.e. not just the first
@@ -790,4 +791,4 @@ master instance and later clients.
OpenSSH extends the usual agent protocol. These changes are documented
in the PROTOCOL.agent file.
-$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL,v 1.53 2023/12/20 00:06:25 jsg Exp $
+$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL,v 1.54 2024/01/08 04:10:03 djm Exp $