[Bug 1728607] Re: weak preferred kex in 16.04 LTS

[Mathew Hodson]

** Information type changed from Public to Public Security

** Changed in: paramiko (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  weak preferred kex in 16.04 LTS

Status in paramiko package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Paramiko 1.* uses diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 as its most preferred
  kex, but this kex is now considered weak. OpenSSH 7 dropped it from
  its defaults in 2015. Some devices start to complain or even to reject
  connections because of that (I'm experiencing it with routers and
  firewalls)

  This has been fixed upstream in paramiko 2.3.1:
  https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/commit/c1233679c448b445ec991710d259eec0a9f64b61

  It would be nice to land that in the lastest LTS, probably as a security update.
  It shouldn't have any impact, as long as diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 remains in this list.

  (maybe
  https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/commit/b395444062e82953d417a4da9157667c2e05d758
  should be considered too)

  Thoughts?

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