Bug 386108 - DHE crypto not working with Konqueror 17.04.1 / QtWebEngine
Summary: DHE crypto not working with Konqueror 17.04.1 / QtWebEngine
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: konqueror
Classification: Applications
Component: webenginepart (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konqueror Developers
URL:
Keywords:
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Reported: 2017-10-23 13:14 UTC by Philipp
Modified: 2022-12-10 05:15 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
patch for FC26 qt5-qwebengine RPM (1.25 KB, patch)
2017-10-24 07:48 UTC, Philipp
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Description Philipp 2017-10-23 13:14:40 UTC
Sites using perfectly safe crypto like https://dh2048.badssl.com/
can no longer be opened in Konqueror 17.04.1. The linked version
of OpenSSL has no problem dealing with DHE crypto (1.1.0f).

This breaks numerous sites which don’t enable ECDHE crypto. Also,
other browsers like elinks, Firefox or even Konqueror/KHTML don’t
have any trouble connecting to the same host.

Observed on FC26; system facts:

    $ uname -a
    Linux drift.m.i2n 4.13.5-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 16:53:13 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    $ rpm -qi konqueror
    Name        : konqueror
    Version     : 17.04.1
    Release     : 1.fc26
    Architecture: x86_64
    Install Date: Sat 21 Oct 2017 08:42:08 PM CEST
    Group       : Unspecified
    Size        : 20779960
    License     : GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and GFDL
    Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Mon 22 May 2017 04:05:12 PM CEST, Key ID 812a6b4b64dab85d
    Source RPM  : konqueror-17.04.1-1.fc26.src.rpm
    Build Date  : Mon 15 May 2017 04:30:36 PM CEST
    Build Host  : buildhw-07.phx2.fedoraproject.org
    Relocations : (not relocatable)
    Packager    : Fedora Project
    Vendor      : Fedora Project
    URL         : https://konqueror.org/
    Summary     : KDE File Manager and Browser
    Description :
    Konqueror allows you to manage your files and browse the web in a
    unified interface.

    $ rpm -qi openssl
    Name        : openssl
    Epoch       : 1
    Version     : 1.1.0f
    Release     : 7.fc26
    Architecture: x86_64
    Install Date: Sat 21 Oct 2017 08:31:28 PM CEST
    Group       : System Environment/Libraries
    Size        : 879141
    License     : OpenSSL
    Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Mon 17 Jul 2017 06:43:43 PM CEST, Key ID 812a6b4b64dab85d
    Source RPM  : openssl-1.1.0f-7.fc26.src.rpm
    Build Date  : Mon 17 Jul 2017 03:33:59 PM CEST
    Build Host  : buildhw-08.phx2.fedoraproject.org
    Relocations : (not relocatable)
    Packager    : Fedora Project
    Vendor      : Fedora Project
    URL         : http://www.openssl.org/
    Summary     : Utilities from the general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation
    Description :
    The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between
    machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared
    libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and
    protocols.
Comment 1 Philipp 2017-10-23 13:38:55 UTC
The user visible “error” message is very misleading as well
since none of the ciphers or protocols used for the connection
is in any way to considered “obsolete”:

This site can’t provide a secure connection

dh2048.badssl.com uses an unsupported protocol.
ERR_SSL_OBSOLETE_CIPHER

Unsupported protocol
The client and server don't support a common SSL protocol version or cipher suite.
Comment 2 Allan Sandfeld 2017-10-23 17:30:47 UTC
Webengine and therefore webenginepart doesnt use system openssl, it uses system libnss for certificate checks and Chromiums openssl-fork boringssl for encryption.
Comment 3 Philipp 2017-10-24 07:48:33 UTC
Created attachment 108533 [details]
patch for FC26 qt5-qwebengine RPM

This patch skips the “ERR_SSL_OBSOLETE_CIPHER” error for
EDH ciphers. It applies against the bundled chromium which
differs in version from the system wide chromium package.

System: Fedora 26, Qtwebenengine version 5.9.1.
Comment 4 Justin Zobel 2022-11-10 08:51:55 UTC
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If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-25 05:18:59 UTC
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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-10 05:15:54 UTC
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