tls: add minDHSize option to tls.connect()

Add a new option to specifiy a minimum size of an ephemeral DH
parameter to accept a tls connection. Default is 1024 bit.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/1831
Reviewed-By: indutny - Fedor Indutny <fedor.indutny@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: bnoordhuis - Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>

doc/api/tls.markdown

@@ -388,6 +388,11 @@ Creates a new client connection to the given `port` and `host` (old API) or
 
   - `session`: A `Buffer` instance, containing TLS session.
 
+  - `minDHSize`: Minimum size of DH parameter in bits to accept a TLS
+    connection. When a server offers DH parameter with a size less
+    than this, the TLS connection is destroyed and throws an
+    error. Default: 1024.
+
 The `callback` parameter will be added as a listener for the
 ['secureConnect'][] event.
 

lib/_tls_wrap.js

@@ -945,7 +945,8 @@ exports.connect = function(/* [port, host], options, cb */) {
   var defaults = {
     rejectUnauthorized: '0' !== process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED,
     ciphers: tls.DEFAULT_CIPHERS,
-    checkServerIdentity: tls.checkServerIdentity
+    checkServerIdentity: tls.checkServerIdentity,
+    minDHSize: 1024
   };
 
   options = util._extend(defaults, options || {});
@@ -953,6 +954,11 @@ exports.connect = function(/* [port, host], options, cb */) {
     options.singleUse = true;
 
   assert(typeof options.checkServerIdentity === 'function');
+  assert(typeof options.minDHSize === 'number',
+         'options.minDHSize is not a number: ' + options.minDHSize);
+  assert(options.minDHSize > 0,
+         'options.minDHSize is not a posivie number: ' +
+         options.minDHSize);
 
   var hostname = options.servername ||
                  options.host ||
@@ -1004,6 +1010,17 @@ exports.connect = function(/* [port, host], options, cb */) {
     socket._start();
 
   socket.on('secure', function() {
+    // Check the size of DHE parameter above minimum requirement
+    // specified in options.
+    var ekeyinfo = socket.getEphemeralKeyInfo();
+    if (ekeyinfo.type === 'DH' && ekeyinfo.size < options.minDHSize) {
+      var err = new Error('DH parameter size ' + ekeyinfo.size +
+                          ' is less than ' + options.minDHSize);
+      socket.emit('error', err);
+      socket.destroy();
+      return;
+    }
+
     var verifyError = socket._handle.verifyError();
 
     // Verify that server's identity matches it's certificate's names

test/parallel/test-tls-client-mindhsize.js

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+'use strict';
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+if (!common.hasCrypto) {
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: missing crypto');
+  process.exit();
+}
+var tls = require('tls');
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var key =  fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/keys/agent2-key.pem');
+var cert = fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/keys/agent2-cert.pem');
+
+var nsuccess = 0;
+var nerror = 0;
+
+function loadDHParam(n) {
+  var path = common.fixturesDir;
+  if (n !== 'error') path += '/keys';
+  return fs.readFileSync(path + '/dh' + n + '.pem');
+}
+
+function test(size, err, next) {
+  var options = {
+    key: key,
+    cert: cert,
+    dhparam: loadDHParam(size),
+    ciphers: 'DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256'
+  };
+
+  var server = tls.createServer(options, function(conn) {
+    conn.end();
+  });
+
+  server.on('close', function(isException) {
+    assert(!isException);
+    if (next) next();
+  });
+
+  server.listen(common.PORT, '127.0.0.1', function() {
+    // client set minimum DH parameter size to 2048 bits so that
+    // it fails when it make a connection to the tls server where
+    // dhparams is 1024 bits
+    var client = tls.connect({
+      minDHSize: 2048,
+      port: common.PORT,
+      rejectUnauthorized: false
+    }, function() {
+      nsuccess++;
+      server.close();
+    });
+    if (err) {
+      client.on('error', function(e) {
+        nerror++;
+        assert.strictEqual(e.message, 'DH parameter size 1024 is less'
+                           + ' than 2048');
+        server.close();
+      });
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// A client connection fails with an error when a client has an
+// 2048 bits minDHSize option and a server has 1024 bits dhparam
+function testDHE1024() {
+  test(1024, true, testDHE2048);
+}
+
+// A client connection successes when a client has an
+// 2048 bits minDHSize option and a server has 2048 bits dhparam
+function testDHE2048() {
+  test(2048, false, null);
+}
+
+testDHE1024();
+
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.equal(nsuccess, 1);
+  assert.equal(nerror, 1);
+});