Re: [PATCH] backup(.pl): Replace OpenVPN DH parameter with ffdhe4096

["Peter Müller" <peter.mueller@ipfire.org>]

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Hello Michael,

thanks for your reply, and apologies for the belated one of mine.

> Hello Peter,
> 
>> On 13 Dec 2022, at 15:47, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>
>> This ensures restoring a backup won't silently bring back an insecure
>> Diffie-Hellman parameter (which could also not be inspected through the
>> web interface anymore).
>>
>> Reported-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org>
>> ---
>> config/backup/backup.pl | 9 +++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/config/backup/backup.pl b/config/backup/backup.pl
>> index 6fd9e45bb..520d9315d 100644
>> --- a/config/backup/backup.pl
>> +++ b/config/backup/backup.pl
>> @@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ restore_backup() {
>> # Update OpenVPN CRL
>> /etc/fcron.daily/openvpn-crl-updater
>>
>> + # Replace previously used OpenVPN Diffie-Hellman parameter by ffdhe4096
>> + if [ -f /var/ipfire/ovpn/server.conf ]; then
>> + sed -i 's|/var/ipfire/ovpn/ca/dh1024.pem|/etc/ssl/ffdhe4096.pem|' /var/ipfire/ovpn/server.conf
>> + fi
>> +
>> + if [ -f "/var/ipfire/ovpn/n2nconf/*/*.conf" ]; then
>> + sed -i 's|/var/ipfire/ovpn/ca/dh1024.pem|/etc/ssl/ffdhe4096.pem|' /var/ipfire/ovpn/n2nconf/*/*.conf
>> + fi
> 
> The second command will never be executed because "/var/ipfire/ovpn/n2nconf/*/*.conf” will never exist.
> 
> Because the string is quoted, the shell won’t conduct any path expansion.

Indeed, and even with the string not quoted, it won't work either, at least according
to https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2144. Glad you caught that, this error made it into
the update.sh script of Core Update 172 as well. :-/

> What could work is running the sed command on all files simultaneously and if there is nothing to change, it won’t do anything. Passing server.conf and n2nconfig/*/*.conf will never fail if there is no N2N configuration. server.conf should always exist.

Thanks. I can confirm that

sed -i 's|/var/ipfire/ovpn/ca/dh1024.pem|/etc/ssl/ffdhe4096.pem|' /var/ipfire/ovpn/server.conf /var/ipfire/ovpn/n2nconf/*/*.conf

conducts this task properly. I will update the update.sh script and take the liberty
to amend this change to backup.pl straight away. I'll get back to you bilaterally for
the rest of C172.

Thanks, and best regards,
Peter Müller

> 
> Best,
> -Michael
> 
>> +
>> return 0
>> }
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.35.3
>