Public bug reported:
Ubuntu 18.10's libssh 0.8.1 regresses parsing of known_hosts. This
happens (sometimes) if there are multiple known_host key types (e. g.
ssh-rsa and ssh-ed25519), then it can happen that
ssh_session_is_known_server() fails with SSH_SERVER_FOUND_OTHER [1].
I noticed this with testing Cockpit on Ubuntu 18.10 [2], which has a few
test cases exercising cockpit-ssh (which uses libssh), e. g. [3]. The
scenario is a FreeIPA centrally managed known_hosts file with these
entries:
x0.cockpit.lan ssh-rsa
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCv5sLKfLDuEAbTcHC3eOgJM+Ot7F077KewD4e1lGzfw300Jo4xnuPsoJEVSCR7OjsYQCnuVGlqtlavMCLFzIBNk06iTBg/nl+W+xa3CFNITbAjiBif7SeY0XL6Xeqzb1VYXNVfwKQKpcGIbDne6jyou4wRZV1eay03FHTSkd2+XKM6GOUGlkEUoPyAwYPHqoKUYiiyBxJs20l/peXVx6jsGgs2Sc6gl3KJP0TB2E7ncD1pWHGRtiNshFFVarw/YKr+Rs+KhiVS3CAAfYDhpBNWXOwTKyx2euJjAhsRF10bx6pnuadSEpT8Ufo5/YFIVAD1GHptULSzVjUoJm6ktoHB
x0.cockpit.lan ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBCkJ6CaqhzUhrbpbVmZ8BmZZgM3u6BukZ6HFB2a4NLQBdgpHlHbxoJ47ocTImctyFMiDi0y6vCb4tFuZgp6Krmk=
root@(none)
x0.cockpit.lan ssh-ed25519
AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINK6gcOyH4OhiKPcNr33Kl6e+wFAUy9tGFBU/o4yWkxh root@(none)
Connecting to that host with the standard ssh client works:
$ ssh -vv x0.cockpit.lan
[...]
debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
SHA256:MgfkN6HEl+pdz0X7+6q08IVkUZOtEDzfA6V18Wm9DgA
debug1: Host 'x0.cockpit.lan' is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /var/lib/sss/pubconf/known_hosts:3
[...]
ad...@cockpit.lan@x0:~$
But not with cockpit-ssh. This shows the JSON protocol (note that you
need to copy&paste the correct cookie value from the response):
$ G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=cockpit-ssh cockpit-bridge --interact=---
{ "command": "open", "channel": "c", "payload": "echo", "host":
"x0.cockpit.lan", "user": "ad...@cockpit.lan" }
---
{"command":"authorize","challenge":"*","cookie":"session107271540364829"}
---
{"command":"authorize", "response": "password foobarfoo", "cookie":
"session107271540364829"}
---
(cockpit-ssh:10814): cockpit-ssh-DEBUG: 03:11:51.049: cockpit-ssh
x0.cockpit.lan: host not known in any local file, asking sssd
(cockpit-ssh:10814): cockpit-ssh-DEBUG: 03:11:51.472: cockpit-ssh
x0.cockpit.lan: using known hosts file /tmp/known-hosts.IDKNRZ
(cockpit-ssh:10814): cockpit-ssh-DEBUG: 03:11:51.542: cockpit-ssh
x0.cockpit.lan: connected
cockpit-ssh-Message: 03:07:30.828: cockpit-ssh x0.cockpit.lan: host key for
this server changed key type: ssh-ed25519
{"command":"close","host-key":"x0.cockpit.lan ssh-ed25519
AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAINK6gcOyH4OhiKPcNr33Kl6e+wFAUy9tGFBU/o4yWkxh\n","host-fingerprint":"a0:27:1e:80:de:fd:4b:8a:0d:9d:a9:b6:42:7d:5c:b9","problem":"invalid-hostkey","error":"invalid-hostkey","auth-method-results":{},"channel":"c"}
---
The "host key for this server changed key type" is the effect of this
bug.
SRU INFORMATION:
[IMPACT]: libssh connections that worked in previous Ubuntu releases now
may fail on host key verification
[TEST CASE]: See reproducer below. This isn't too easy to reproduce for
someone else, so I'm happy to do the validation myself. This can also be
verified with the Cockpit integration tests:
bots/image-prepare ubuntu-stable
TEST_OS=ubuntu-stable test/verify/check-realms TestRealms.testIpa
[REGRESSION POTENTIAL]: In principle these patches could break known_hosts
validation further. However, these fixes have been in Debian testing for a
while and validated through e. g. Cockpit's tests (which exercise cockpit-ssh
quite heavily). There are also upstream unit tests, and while they didn't pick
up that particular regression, they at least make sure that known_hosts
verification still works for common cases.
Also, libssh-4 does not have that many reverse dependencies. So overall, I
think this is bearable for an SRU, especially as the impact is quite high.
[1]
http://api.libssh.org/master/group__libssh__session.html#gac%20bc5d04fe66beee863a0c61a93fdf765
[2] https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/10357
[3]
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/cockpit/logs/pull-10357-20181022-204242-8672df31-verify-ubuntu-stable/log.html#186
** Affects: libssh (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: libssh (Ubuntu Cosmic)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti)
Status: In Progress
** Tags: cosmic regression-release
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[cosmic regression] fails to parse known_hosts, resulting in
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