openssl/ssl/statem
Matt Caswell 28a31a0a10 Don't change the state of the ETM flags until CCS processing
In 1.1.0 changing the ciphersuite during a renegotiation can result in
a crash leading to a DoS attack. In master this does not occur with TLS
(instead you get an internal error, which is still wrong but not a security
issue) - but the problem still exists in the DTLS code.

The problem is caused by changing the flag indicating whether to use ETM
or not immediately on negotiation of ETM, rather than at CCS. Therefore,
during a renegotiation, if the ETM state is changing (usually due to a
change of ciphersuite), then an error/crash will occur.

Due to the fact that there are separate CCS messages for read and write
we actually now need two flags to determine whether to use ETM or not.

CVE-2017-3733

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
2017-02-16 09:35:56 +00:00
..
extensions_clnt.c Don't change the state of the ETM flags until CCS processing 2017-02-16 09:35:56 +00:00
extensions_srvr.c Don't change the state of the ETM flags until CCS processing 2017-02-16 09:35:56 +00:00
extensions.c Don't change the state of the ETM flags until CCS processing 2017-02-16 09:35:56 +00:00
README
statem_clnt.c Use cert_index and sigalg 2017-02-15 02:23:54 +00:00
statem_dtls.c Miscellaneous style tweaks based on feedback received 2017-01-30 10:18:23 +00:00
statem_lib.c Use cert_index and sigalg 2017-02-15 02:23:54 +00:00
statem_locl.h Implement support for resumption with a HelloRetryRequest 2017-02-14 13:14:25 +00:00
statem_srvr.c Use CERT_PKEY pointer instead of index 2017-02-15 02:23:54 +00:00
statem.c Move state machine knowledge out of the record layer 2017-01-30 10:17:00 +00:00
statem.h Move state machine knowledge out of the record layer 2017-01-30 10:17:00 +00:00

State Machine Design
====================

This file provides some guidance on the thinking behind the design of the
state machine code to aid future maintenance.

The state machine code replaces an older state machine present in OpenSSL
versions 1.0.2 and below. The new state machine has the following objectives:
    - Remove duplication of state code between client and server
    - Remove duplication of state code between TLS and DTLS
    - Simplify transitions and bring the logic together in a single location
      so that it is easier to validate
    - Remove duplication of code between each of the message handling functions
    - Receive a message first and then work out whether that is a valid
      transition - not the other way around (the other way causes lots of issues
      where we are expecting one type of message next but actually get something
      else)
    - Separate message flow state from handshake state (in order to better
      understand each)
      - message flow state = when to flush buffers; handling restarts in the
        event of NBIO events; handling the common flow of steps for reading a
        message and the common flow of steps for writing a message etc
      - handshake state = what handshake message are we working on now
    - Control complexity: only the state machine can change state: keep all
      the state changes local to the state machine component

The message flow state machine is divided into a reading sub-state machine and a
writing sub-state machine. See the source comments in statem.c for a more
detailed description of the various states and transitions possible.

Conceptually the state machine component is designed as follows:

                        libssl
                           |
---------------------------|-----statem.h--------------------------------------
                           |
                    _______V____________________
                   |                            |
                   |    statem.c                |
                   |                            |
                   |    Core state machine code |
                   |____________________________|
        statem_locl.h     ^          ^
                 _________|          |_______
                |                            |
   _____________|____________   _____________|____________
  |                          | |                          |
  | statem_clnt.c            | | statem_srvr.c            |
  |                          | |                          |
  | TLS/DTLS client specific | | TLS/DTLS server specific |
  | state machine code       | | state machine code       |
  |__________________________| |__________________________|
               |        |_______________|__       |
               |        ________________|  |      |
               |       |                   |      |
   ____________V_______V________   ________V______V_______________
  |                             | |                               |
  | statem_both.c               | | statem_dtls.c                 |
  |                             | |                               |
  | Non core functions common   | | Non core functions common to  |
  | to both servers and clients | | both DTLS servers and clients |
  |_____________________________| |_______________________________|