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ssh: send ext-info-c only once
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In accordance to RFC8308, send ext-info-c only during the first key
exchange. Some server implementations such as OpenSSH 7 will send an
extInfoMsg message each time when ext-info-c is received. This results
in a closed connection, as our client does not expect this message while
handling the mux.

See https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2929 regarding the
behaviour of OpenSSH if it sees ext-info-c in later key exchanges.

Fixes golang/go#51808

Change-Id: Id94f1ef73cec6147136246b0b6048b57db92660d
GitHub-Last-Rev: fcfe5ed
GitHub-Pull-Request: golang#208
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/crypto/+/394134
Reviewed-by: Filippo Valsorda <filippo@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Filippo Valsorda <filippo@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Trust: Roland Shoemaker <roland@golang.org>
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peterverraedt authored and FiloSottile committed Mar 21, 2022
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions ssh/handshake.go
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Expand Up @@ -479,10 +479,12 @@ func (t *handshakeTransport) sendKexInit() error {

// As a client we opt in to receiving SSH_MSG_EXT_INFO so we know what
// algorithms the server supports for public key authentication. See RFC
// 8303, Section 2.1.
msg.KexAlgos = make([]string, 0, len(t.config.KeyExchanges)+1)
msg.KexAlgos = append(msg.KexAlgos, t.config.KeyExchanges...)
msg.KexAlgos = append(msg.KexAlgos, "ext-info-c")
// 8308, Section 2.1.
if firstKeyExchange := t.sessionID == nil; firstKeyExchange {
msg.KexAlgos = make([]string, 0, len(t.config.KeyExchanges)+1)
msg.KexAlgos = append(msg.KexAlgos, t.config.KeyExchanges...)
msg.KexAlgos = append(msg.KexAlgos, "ext-info-c")
}
}

packet := Marshal(msg)
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