[Ovmsdev] Urgent TLS root certificate issue (Let's Encrypt)
Michael Balzer
dexter at expeedo.de
Wed Sep 29 03:31:53 HKT 2021
Still no luck, and getting clueless… :-/
Let's Encrypt have a live test server:
https://valid-isrgrootx1.letsencrypt.org/
Here's a simple test script to access that server:
(function(){
HTTP.request({
url: "https://valid-isrgrootx1.letsencrypt.org/",
always: function() { JSON.print(this); }
});
})();
Just copy this into the editor and evaluate.
After commenting out the DST certificate from the TLS source, the http
request terminates with an SSL error (-3) with installed…
* self-signed ISRG certificate
* cross-signed ISRG / DST root certificate
* LE R3 certificate
* any combination of these three.
But the access works immediately after reinstalling the old DST root
certificate. There is no DST reference in the chain of that server…
I found another ESP32 project -- not using WolfSSL but the esp-idf SSL &
MQTT lib --; apparently all they needed to do was to add the very same
self-signed ISRG X1 certificate I added:
* https://github.com/LibreSolar/esp32-edge-firmware/commit/d6b6307cbdb60feb118355fda973eba11d52f8f5
So: why would WolfSSL not use the supplied ISRG certificate? Why would
it use the DST cert without DST being present as an issuer?
The ISRG certificate is the only one having…
signed using : RSA with SHA-256
RSA key size : 4096 bits
But that would surely be supported by WolfSSL, wouldn't it?
I'm running out of ideas, and this really isn't my primary area. Any
help is appreciated.
Regards,
Michael
Am 28.09.21 um 19:15 schrieb Stephen Casner:
> Michael,
>
> Certainly within our code as it stands there is not any mechanism to
> tell the WolfSSL code to adjust its certificate validation procedure.
> The browser certificate substitution that you hypothesize is not clear
> to me. I would expect the validation to simply follow the chain.
>
> -- Steve
>
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2021, Michael Balzer wrote:
>
>> More info:
>>
>> All my browsers already have a builtin ISRG X1 certificate signed by ISRG
>> only, that's the new version:
>>
>> https://crt.sh/?id=9314791
>>
>> My server still sends the ISRG X1 certificate cross signed / issued by DST
>> Root CA X3. That's the chain it got from Let's Encrypt (via certbot) on the
>> last renewal (last month!):
>>
>> https://crt.sh/?id=3958242236
>>
>> Without the DST root cert, WolfSSL then fails validating the DST signed X1
>> root certificate (I assume): https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/wolfssl-manual/ch7/
>>
>> My servers will continue sending that chain including the outdated root cert
>> probably until the next renewal, so it's possible having added the new X1 root
>> certificate didn't solve the issue.
>>
>> The browsers seem to know how to substitute the DST signed certificate by the
>> builtin self-signed (?). Is there a similar option in WolfSSL, and do we need
>> to enable that?
>>
>> Steve, can you confirm this, do you know a solution?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> Am 28.09.21 um 15:34 schrieb Michael Balzer:
>>> I've tried adding the intermediate cert ("R3") and then also my site
>>> certificate, that didn't help.
>>>
>>> Only adding the DST cert again fixes the connection.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>> OVMS# tls trust list
>>> ...
>>> ISRG Root X1 length 1939 bytes
>>> 1939 byte certificate: ISRG Root X1
>>> cert. version : 3
>>> serial number : 82:10:CF:B0:D2:40:E3:59:44:63:E0:BB:63:82:8B:00
>>> issuer name : C=US, O=Internet Security Research Group, CN=ISRG Root
>>> X1
>>> subject name : C=US, O=Internet Security Research Group, CN=ISRG Root
>>> X1
>>> issued on : 2015-06-04 11:04:38
>>> expires on : 2035-06-04 11:04:38
>>> signed using : RSA with SHA-256
>>> RSA key size : 4096 bits
>>> basic constraints : CA=true
>>> key usage : Key Cert Sign, CRL Sign
>>> ...
>>> dexter length 1972 bytes
>>> 1972 byte certificate: dexter
>>> cert. version : 3
>>> serial number : 04:55:1D:F4:27:A3:7D:E9:E4:A8:5C:37:F6:A1:61:87:3C:E5
>>> issuer name : C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=R3
>>> subject name : CN=dexter.shopdriver.de
>>> issued on : 2021-08-07 05:47:57
>>> expires on : 2021-11-05 05:47:55
>>> signed using : RSA with SHA-256
>>> RSA key size : 2048 bits
>>> basic constraints : CA=false
>>> subject alt name : dexter.shopdriver.de, dexters-web.de,
>>> ovms.dexters-web.de, www.dexter.shopdriver.de, www.dexters-web.de
>>> key usage : Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
>>> ext key usage : TLS Web Server Authentication, TLS Web Client
>>> Authentication
>>> ...
>>> r3 length 1826 bytes
>>> 1826 byte certificate: r3
>>> cert. version : 3
>>> serial number : 91:2B:08:4A:CF:0C:18:A7:53:F6:D6:2E:25:A7:5F:5A
>>> issuer name : C=US, O=Internet Security Research Group, CN=ISRG Root
>>> X1
>>> subject name : C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=R3
>>> issued on : 2020-09-04 00:00:00
>>> expires on : 2025-09-15 16:00:00
>>> signed using : RSA with SHA-256
>>> RSA key size : 2048 bits
>>> basic constraints : CA=true, max_pathlen=0
>>> key usage : Digital Signature, Key Cert Sign, CRL Sign
>>> ext key usage : TLS Web Client Authentication, TLS Web Server
>>> Authentication
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 28.09.21 um 15:07 schrieb Michael Balzer:
>>>> We would need to bypass / shortcut the "eap" test phase.
>>>>
>>>> But I agree, "master" is stable, I haven't had any issues or reports, so I
>>>> think we could do that. The FreeRTOS timer issue I'm working on only
>>>> affects very specific conditions, so not necessary to wait for that.
>>>>
>>>> Should we remove the expiring DST certificate in that release then?
>>>>
>>>> ...uh oh: just tried removing the DST certificate: the module cannot
>>>> connect to my server anymore...!?
>>>>
>>>> I (490213) ovms-server-v2: Connection is ovms.dexters-web.de:6870 TEST1
>>>> I (490213) ovms-server-v2: Status: Connecting...
>>>> V (490723) ovms-server-v2: OvmsServerV2MongooseCallback(MG_EV_CONNECT=-3)
>>>> W (490723) ovms-server-v2: Connection failed
>>>> E (490723) ovms-server-v2: Status: Error: Connection failed
>>>> V (490723) ovms-server-v2: OvmsServerV2MongooseCallback(MG_EV_CLOSE)
>>>> I (490723) ovms-server-v2: Status: Disconnected
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 28.09.21 um 14:32 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
>>>>> Shall we release a full update? The last 3.2?
>>>>>
>>>>> What we have now in master seems stable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28 Sep 2021, at 5:39 PM, Michael Balzer <dexter at expeedo.de> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the DST root certificate we include (DST Root CA X3) expires on
>>>>>> September 30, i.e. in two days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OVMS# tls trust list
>>>>>> DST Root CA X3 length 1200 bytes
>>>>>> 1200 byte certificate: DST Root CA X3
>>>>>> cert. version : 3
>>>>>> serial number : 44:AF:B0:80:D6:A3:27:BA:89:30:39:86:2E:F8:40:6B
>>>>>> issuer name : O=Digital Signature Trust Co., CN=DST Root CA X3
>>>>>> subject name : O=Digital Signature Trust Co., CN=DST Root CA X3
>>>>>> issued on : 2000-09-30 21:12:19
>>>>>> * expires on : 2021-09-30 14:01:15*
>>>>>> signed using : RSA with SHA1
>>>>>> RSA key size : 2048 bits
>>>>>> basic constraints : CA=true
>>>>>> key usage : Key Cert Sign, CRL Sign
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AFAICT, this root certificate is currently used by the OVMS to
>>>>>> validate Let's Encrypt certificates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *
>>>>>> https://letsencrypt.org/docs/dst-root-ca-x3-expiration-september-2021/
>>>>>> * https://letsencrypt.org/docs/certificate-compatibility/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately, we missed adding the followup LE root certificate "ISRG
>>>>>> Root X1" in time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've just added that certificate to our builtin certificate
>>>>>> repository, but it's too late now to roll out a "main" update in time
>>>>>> (isn't it?).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, to prevent losing TLS connectivity with LE servers, users need to
>>>>>> manually add the ISRG Root X1 certificate to their TLS repositories.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've added a section on this to our user manual:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * https://docs.openvehicles.com/en/latest/userguide/ssltls.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If users contact you, point them to that page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We probably should also remove the expired DST root certificate after
>>>>>> September 30.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>
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