Add documentation warnings for weak algorithms

MD2, MD4, MD5, DES and SHA-1 are considered weak and their use
constitutes a security risk. If possible, we recommend avoiding
dependencies on them, and considering stronger message digests and
ciphers instead.
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Hanno Becker 2017-09-25 14:53:51 +01:00 committed by Jaeden Amero
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* \file md2.h
*
* \brief MD2 message digest algorithm (hash function)
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use constitutes a
* security risk. We recommend considering stronger message digests
* instead.
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2006-2015, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
@ -20,6 +24,7 @@
* limitations under the License.
*
* This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
*
*/
#ifndef MBEDTLS_MD2_H
#define MBEDTLS_MD2_H
@ -49,6 +54,11 @@ extern "C" {
/**
* \brief MD2 context structure
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
typedef struct
{
@ -63,6 +73,11 @@ mbedtls_md2_context;
* \brief Initialize MD2 context
*
* \param ctx MD2 context to be initialized
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
void mbedtls_md2_init( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx );
@ -70,6 +85,11 @@ void mbedtls_md2_init( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx );
* \brief Clear MD2 context
*
* \param ctx MD2 context to be cleared
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
void mbedtls_md2_free( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx );
@ -78,6 +98,11 @@ void mbedtls_md2_free( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx );
*
* \param dst The destination context
* \param src The context to be cloned
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
void mbedtls_md2_clone( mbedtls_md2_context *dst,
const mbedtls_md2_context *src );
@ -88,6 +113,11 @@ void mbedtls_md2_clone( mbedtls_md2_context *dst,
* \param ctx context to be initialized
*
* \return 0 if successful
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
int mbedtls_md2_starts_ret( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx );
@ -99,6 +129,11 @@ int mbedtls_md2_starts_ret( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx );
* \param ilen length of the input data
*
* \return 0 if successful
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
int mbedtls_md2_update_ret( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx,
const unsigned char *input,
@ -111,6 +146,11 @@ int mbedtls_md2_update_ret( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx,
* \param output MD2 checksum result
*
* \return 0 if successful
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
int mbedtls_md2_finish_ret( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx,
unsigned char output[16] );
@ -121,6 +161,11 @@ int mbedtls_md2_finish_ret( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx,
* \param ctx MD2 context
*
* \return 0 if successful
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
int mbedtls_internal_md2_process( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx );
@ -136,6 +181,11 @@ int mbedtls_internal_md2_process( mbedtls_md2_context *ctx );
* \deprecated Superseded by mbedtls_md2_starts_ret() in 2.7.0
*
* \param ctx context to be initialized
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2_starts(
mbedtls_md2_context *ctx )
@ -151,6 +201,11 @@ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2_starts(
* \param ctx MD2 context
* \param input buffer holding the data
* \param ilen length of the input data
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2_update(
mbedtls_md2_context *ctx,
@ -167,6 +222,11 @@ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2_update(
*
* \param ctx MD2 context
* \param output MD2 checksum result
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2_finish(
mbedtls_md2_context *ctx,
@ -181,6 +241,11 @@ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2_finish(
* \deprecated Superseded by mbedtls_internal_md2_process() in 2.7.0
*
* \param ctx MD2 context
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2_process(
mbedtls_md2_context *ctx )
@ -209,6 +274,11 @@ extern "C" {
* \param input buffer holding the data
* \param ilen length of the input data
* \param output MD2 checksum result
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
int mbedtls_md2_ret( const unsigned char *input,
size_t ilen,
@ -228,6 +298,11 @@ int mbedtls_md2_ret( const unsigned char *input,
* \param input buffer holding the data
* \param ilen length of the input data
* \param output MD2 checksum result
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2( const unsigned char *input,
size_t ilen,
@ -243,6 +318,11 @@ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED static inline void mbedtls_md2( const unsigned char *input,
* \brief Checkup routine
*
* \return 0 if successful, or 1 if the test failed
*
* \warning MD2 is considered a weak message digest and its use
* constitutes a security risk. We recommend considering
* stronger message digests instead.
*
*/
int mbedtls_md2_self_test( int verbose );