Re: Does Mod_SSL use SSL_get_shared_ciphers()?

Per Olausson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.apache.mod-ssl.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
So what are the next steps...is this being highlighted as a risk anywhere?

I am surprised that this doesn't get onto the main security page if it 
is a risk...how else would anyone find out about it and take 
preventative measures?

Regards,


Per

Phil Ehrens wrote:
> Interesting. Must be an Apache 2.2.X thing. The symbol
> definitely does not appear in 2.0.55.
>
> Per Olausson wrote:
>   
>> Phil,
>>
>> Is it the way I am building Apache or is Linux or Solaris hiding this
>> symbol? I've checked this on a gentoo build, but on my machine the
>> module has no symbols.
>>
>> Details as below:
>>
>> Apache/2.2.3
>> OpenSSL 0.9.8c
>> AIX 5200-09
>> *
>> nm mod_ssl.so | grep SSL_get_shared_ciphers
>> .SSL_get_shared_ciphers T   269028692
>> .SSL_get_shared_ciphers_139_116 t   269031772*
>>
>> nm(1):
>>
>> T Global text symbol.
>> t Local text symbol.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Per
>>
>> Phil Ehrens wrote:
>>     
>>> Per Olausson wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>>> Phil Ehrens:
>>>>> I just checked a couple different versions and did not see that
>>>>> function.
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>> I posted a question about this to the apache security mailbox, but 
>>>> nobody responded. I guess that is inline with the policy for that 
>>>> mailbox even if I find it somewhat unhelpful, considering that SSL isn't 
>>>> completely a rarity when using Apache.
>>>>
>>>> The reason I am concerned is because mod_ssl indirectly references 
>>>> SSL_get_shared_ciphers. It is in use. You can see this if you use 
>>>> something like nm and grep for this function.
>>>>
>>>> So is mod_ssl vulnerable? Is the functionality insulated and not 
>>>> possible to trigger from the mod_ssl user scenario, or is it?
>>>>
>>>> If anyone have any ideas please let me know!
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>> The symbol is not defined in mod_ssl on any of my Linux or Solaris
>>> systems, all of which are running Apache-2.0.55. What version are
>>> you looking at?
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