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deps: define OPENSSLDIR and ENGINESDIR explicitly #29455

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@shigeki shigeki commented Sep 5, 2019 •
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According to CVE-2019-1552(*), it is encouraged to change OPENSSLDIR from the default of /usr/local/ssl to a privileged directory on Windows. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL" is set as it is the default path in OpenSSL-1.1.1.

This is also described in openssl/openssl@d333eba for the forthcoming release of OpenSSL-1.0.2t.

It breaks the compatibility of the OPENSSLDIR path with the previous v8 LTS releases. For v8 LTS will be ended after 4 months and its severity is LOW, I do not mind if this is not fixed.

(*) https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20190730.txt

Fixes: #29445

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  • make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
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deps: define OPENSSLDIR and ENGINESDIR explicitly
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According to CVE-2019-1552(*), it is encouraged to change OPENSSLDIR
from the default of /usr/local/ssl to a privileged directory on
Windows. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL" is set as it is the
default path in OpenSSL-1.1.1.

(*) https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20190730.txt

Fixes: nodejs#29445
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@nodejs/tsc opinions? @nodejs/lts ?

I'm OK with following @shigeki's advice: don't fix, its low priority and on an almost EOL release line.

@nodejs/platform-windows , you should take careful note -- this is specific to Windows, do you have an opinion?

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mhdawson commented Sep 9, 2019

I'm OK with following @shigeki's advice as well.

Once concern is what happens if you upgrade from an earlier version and had config files in /usr/local/ssl. Would you run without the configuration you expected and not know it?

Maybe we should look to see if there is config in /usr/local/ssl and warn that it's not going to be used in the current version?

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mhdawson commented Sep 9, 2019

I'm OK with following @shigeki's advice: don't fix, its low priority and on an almost EOL release line.

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shigeki commented Sep 11, 2019

Once concern is what happens if you upgrade from an earlier version and had config files in /usr/local/ssl. Would you run without the configuration you expected and not know it?

It depends. openssl.cnf can change various default values such as TLS versions and ciphers. Some changes might be known to a user but some might not.

Maybe we should look to see if there is config in /usr/local/ssl and warn that it's not going to be used in the current version?

/usr/local/ssl has no problems if it is protected by the privileged user. Node-v10 and later had a bug of the default path setting on Windows. No one would use it.

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It looks like we're agreeing to not land this change in v8.x?
Just as an FYI, the final scheduled release of v8.x is due to go out on 8th Oct (#29617).

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shigeki commented Sep 27, 2019

Close this for we agreed not to land this.

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Trott pushed a commit to Trott/io.js that referenced this pull request Dec 6, 2019
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deps: fix OPENSSLDIR on Windows
eea5bb4 
Backslashes and spaces are need to be escaped to define OPENSSLDIR to
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL".

PR-URL: nodejs#29456
Refs: nodejs#29455
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
targos pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 9, 2019
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deps: fix OPENSSLDIR on Windows
4588606 
Backslashes and spaces are need to be escaped to define OPENSSLDIR to
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL".

PR-URL: #29456
Refs: #29455
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
targos pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 13, 2020
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deps: fix OPENSSLDIR on Windows
b27b420 
Backslashes and spaces are need to be escaped to define OPENSSLDIR to
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL".

PR-URL: #29456
Refs: #29455
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
BethGriggs pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 6, 2020
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deps: fix OPENSSLDIR on Windows
ff82ccb 
Backslashes and spaces are need to be escaped to define OPENSSLDIR to
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL".

PR-URL: #29456
Refs: #29455
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
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