[saag] RSA-OAEP
Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Wed, 04 December 2013 10:41 UTC
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From: Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com>
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Subject: [saag] RSA-OAEP
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We have known for a very long time that PKCS #1 Version 1.5 (see RFC 2313) key transport is vulnerable to adaptive chosen ciphertext attacks. Exploitation reveals the result of a particular RSA decryption, requires access to an oracle which will respond to a hundreds of thousands of ciphertexts, which are constructed adaptively in response to previously-received replies providing information on the successes or failures of attempted decryption operations. As a result, the attack appears significantly less feasible in store-and-forward environments than interactive ones. PKCS #1 Version 2.0 and Version 2.1 (see RFC 3447) include RSA-OAEP to address this situation, but we have seen very little movement toward RSA-OAEP. While we are reviewing algorithm choices in light of the pervasive surveillance situation, I think we should take the time to address known vulnerabilities like this one. If we don't, then we are leaving an partially open door for a well funded attacker. Russ
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