[Bug 1197884] Re: apache2.2 SSL has no forward-secrecy: need ECDHE keys

[Mathew Hodson]

** Also affects: apache2
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: apache2
   Importance: Undecided => Unknown

** Changed in: apache2
       Status: New => Unknown

** Changed in: apache2
 Remote watch: None => bz.apache.org/bugzilla/ #49559

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Title:
  apache2.2 SSL has no forward-secrecy: need ECDHE keys

Status in Apache2 Web Server:
  Unknown
Status in apache2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apache2 source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in apache2 package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  In the light of recent revelations about Prism/NSA/GCHQ etc, it is
  more important than ever to keep SSL secure.

  But... as far as I can tell, there exists no combination of SSL cIphers that satisfies all of:
   
   *  Resistant to the BEAST attack
   * Has Perfect Forward Secrecy
   * Is in Apache 2.2

  [I'm testing with: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html ]

  The only solution seems to be to deploy Apache 2.4 (or backport the
  ECDHE ciphers into the 2.2 package).

  Can I suggest therefore that the lack of Apache 2.4 packages
  represents a serious security vulnerability to people visiting
  websites hosted on Ubuntu.

  This affects every currently released Ubuntu distro (including
  raring). There is still no pacakge of apache 2.4, nor is there a
  backport of the ECDHE feature.  There are some PPAs of 2.4, but these
  aren't maintained with security updates, nor do they support mod_php.

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