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28 .Nd check blacklist of compromised keys
37 checks a key against a blacklist of compromised keys.
39 A substantial number of keys are known to have been generated using a broken
40 version of OpenSSL distributed by Debian which failed to seed its random
41 number generator correctly.
42 Keys generated using these OpenSSL versions should be assumed to be
44 This tool may be useful in checking for such keys.
46 Keys that are compromised cannot be repaired; replacements must be generated
51 files on all systems where compromised keys were permitted to authenticate.
53 The argument list will be interpreted as a list of paths to public key files
57 If no suitable file is found at a given path,
61 and retry, in case it was given a private key file.
62 If no files are given as arguments,
68 .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
70 .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 ,
71 as well as the system's host keys if readable.
75 is given as an argument,
77 will read from standard input.
78 This can be used to process output from
82 .Dl $ ssh-keyscan -t rsa remote.example.org | ssh-vulnkey -
85 will exit zero if any of the given keys were in the compromised list,
89 .Cm PermitBlacklistedKeys
92 will reject attempts to authenticate with keys in the compromised list.
94 The options are as follows:
97 Check keys of all users on the system.
98 You will typically need to run
100 as root to use this option.
106 .Pa ~/.ssh/identity ,
107 .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
109 .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 .
110 It will also check the system's host keys.
115 outputs the fingerprint of each key scanned, with a description of its
117 This option suppresses that output.
119 .Sh BLACKLIST FILE FORMAT
120 The blacklist file may start with comments, on lines starting with
122 After these initial comments, it must follow a strict format:
124 .Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
126 All the lines must be exactly the same length (20 characters followed by a
127 newline) and must be in sorted order.
129 Each line must consist of the lower-case hexadecimal MD5 key fingerprint,
130 without colons, and with the first 12 characters removed (that is, the least
131 significant 80 bits of the fingerprint).
134 The key fingerprint may be generated using
137 .Dl $ ssh-keygen -l -f /path/to/key
139 This strict format is necessary to allow the blacklist file to be checked
140 quickly, using a binary-search algorithm.
144 If present, contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of
147 If present, contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of
149 .It Pa ~/.ssh/identity
150 If present, contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of
152 .It Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
153 If present, lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging in
155 .It Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2
157 .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys .
158 This file may still be present on some old systems, but should not be
159 created if it is missing.
160 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
161 If present, contains the protocol version 2 RSA identity of the system.
162 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
163 If present, contains the protocol version 2 DSA identity of the system.
164 .It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
165 If present, contains the protocol version 1 RSA identity of the system.
166 .It Pa /etc/ssh/blacklist. Ns Ar TYPE Ns Pa - Ns Ar LENGTH
167 If present, lists the blacklisted keys of type
175 The format of this file is described above.
182 .An Colin Watson Aq cjwatson@ubuntu.com
184 Florian Weimer suggested the option to check keys of all users, and the idea