Security update for liboqs, oqs-provider
This update for liboqs, oqs-provider fixes the following issues:
This update supplies the new FIPS standardized ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SHL-DSA algorithms.
This update liboqs to 0.12.0:
- This release updates the ML-DSA implementation to the [final
FIPS 204](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/204/final) version. This
release still includes the NIST Round 3 version of Dilithium for
interoperability purposes, but we plan to remove Dilithium Round 3 in
a future release.
- This will be the last release of liboqs to include Kyber (that is,
the NIST Round 3 version of Kyber, prior to its standardization by NIST
as ML-KEM in FIPS 203). Applications should switch to ML-KEM (FIPS 203).
- The addition of ML-DSA FIPS 204 final version to liboqs has
introduced a new signature API which includes a context string
parameter. We are planning to remove the old version of the API
without a context string in the next release to streamline the
API and bring it in line with NIST specifications. Users who
have an opinion on this removal are invited to provide input at
https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/issues/2001.
Security issues:
- CVE-2024-54137: Fixed bug in HQC decapsulation that leads to incorrect
shared secret value during decapsulation when called with an invalid
ciphertext. (bsc#1234292)
- new library major version 7
Updated to 0.11.0:
- This release updates ML-KEM implementations to their final FIPS 203
https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/203/final versions .
- This release still includes the NIST Round 3 version of Kyber for
interoperability purposes, but we plan to remove Kyber Round 3 in a
future release.
- Additionally, this release adds support for MAYO and CROSS
digital signature schemes from [NIST Additional Signatures Round 1
https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/pqc-dig-sig/round-1-additional-signatures
along with stateful hash-based signature schemes XMSS
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8391 and LMS
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8554.
- Finally, this release provides formally verified
implementations of Kyber-512 and Kyber-768 from libjade
https://github.com/formosa-crypto/libjade/releases/tag/release%2F2023.05-2
- LMS and XMSS are disabled by default due to the security risks associated with their use in software.
See the note on stateful hash-based signatures in CONFIGURE.md
- Key encapsulation mechanisms:
- Kyber: Added formally-verified portable C and AVX2 implementations
of Kyber-512 and Kyber-768 from libjade.
- ML-KEM: Updated portable C and AVX2 implementations of ML-KEM-512,
ML-KEM-768, and ML-KEM-1024 to FIP 203 version.
- Kyber: Patched ARM64 implementations of Kyber-512, Kyber-768, and
Kyber-1024 to work with AddressSanitizer.
- Digital signature schemes:
- LMS/XMSS: Added implementations of stateful hash-based signature
schemes: XMSS and LMS
- MAYO: Added portable C and AVX2 implementations of MAYO signature
scheme from NIST Additional Signatures Round 1.
- CROSS: Added portable C and AVX2 implementations of CROSS signature
scheme from NIST Additional Signatures Round 1.
- Other changes:
- Added callback API to use custom implementations of AES, SHA2, and SHA3.
- Refactor SHA3 implementation to use OpenSSL's EVP_DigestSqueeze() API.
- new library major version 6
Updated to 0.10.1:
- This release is a security release which fixes potential
non-constant-time behaviour in ML-KEM and Kyber. (bsc#1226162
CVE-2024-36405)
It also includes a fix for incorrectly named macros in the ML-DSA
implementation.
updated to 0.10.0:
Key encapsulation mechanisms:
- BIKE: Updated portable C implementation to include constant-time fixes from upstream.
- HQC: Updated to NIST Round 4 version.
- ML-KEM: Added portable C and AVX2 implementations of Initial Public Draft (IPD) versions of ML-KEM-512, ML-KEM-768, and ML-KEM-1024.
Digital signature schemes:
- Falcon: Updated portable C, AVX2, and AArch64 implementations to support fixed-length (PADDED-format) signatures. Fixed the maximum length of variable-length signatures to comply with the NIST Round 3 specification.
- ML-DSA: Added portable C and AVX2 implementations of Initial Public Draft (IPD) versions of ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, and ML-DSA-87.
Other changes:
- Improved thread safety.
- Removed support for the 'NIST-KAT' DRBG.
- Added extended KAT test programs.
- library major version changed from 4 to 5
This update also updates oqs-provider to 0.7.0:
- Adds support for MAYO from Round 1 of NIST’s Post-Quantum Signature On-Ramp process.
- Adds support for CROSS from Round 1 of NIST’s Post-Quantum Signature On-Ramp process.
- Updates ML-KEM's code points in line with internet draft draft-kwiatkowski-tls-ecdhe-mlkem-02.
- Reverses keyshares for X25519MLKEM768 and X448-ML-KEM-768 TLS hybrids in line with draf
