Re: BUG #19457: RE: pgp_sym_encrypt silently accepts non-FIPS ciphers (bf, cast5, 3des) when OpenSSL is in FIPS mod - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Daniel Gustafsson
Subject Re: BUG #19457: RE: pgp_sym_encrypt silently accepts non-FIPS ciphers (bf, cast5, 3des) when OpenSSL is in FIPS mod
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Msg-id 98BDEEAC-A401-41D8-B9C0-A1EBEBF2E08E@yesql.se
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In response to Re: BUG #19457: RE: pgp_sym_encrypt silently accepts non-FIPS ciphers (bf, cast5, 3des) when OpenSSL is in FIPS mod  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #19457: RE: pgp_sym_encrypt silently accepts non-FIPS ciphers (bf, cast5, 3des) when OpenSSL is in FIPS mod
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> On 24 Apr 2026, at 17:18, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/24/26 10:38, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>>>> On 24 Apr 2026, at 06:20, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
>>>> I am interesting in getting that fixed for the next point release, so
>>>> I have given it a try, finishing with the attached.  This would cause
>>>> pgp_sym_encrypt() and pgp_sym_decrypt() to complain when the builtin
>>>> mode is disabled, making things more consistent with the surroundings.
>>> I'm not convinced this is material for a minor release, the feature works as
>>> documented and it was never documented to cover PGP.  Re-reading the thread PGP
>>> was never discussed, and while that admittedly seem like an oversight doing
>>> this in a minor release will alter documented behaviour which is generally not
>>> what we want to do.
>> I sympathize with that argument, but ... people who are running in
>> FIPS mode are probably doing so because they have contractual or legal
>> obligations to meet that standard.  A person who could be in hot water
>> if they are accidentally running disallowed crypto would see this as a
>> dangerous bug.  A person who does not care should not be using FIPS
>> mode.
>
> +1 I think we should consider this as a backpatchable bug.

Sounds good, I'll have a look at the two proposed patches.

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Daniel Gustafsson




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