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0005449Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2019-05-18 09:202019-11-28 17:28
Reporterraimund Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version2019.1 
Summary0005449: Private key generated by webmitm is too short
Description

During the first start of webmitm (from dsniff package) an RSA key pair is generated with a length of 1024 bits.
However, when webmitm tries to use this key later it terminates with an error message: "key too small".

webmitm should generate a key with 2048 bits or more.

Steps To Reproduce

root@kali:~# webmitm
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus (2 primes)
.......+++++
...................................+++++
e is 65537 (0x010001)
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
[...]
Signature ok
subject=C = AU, ST = Some-State, O = Internet Widgits Pty Ltd
Getting Private key
webmitm: certificate generated
webmitm: error:140AB18F:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_certificate:ee key too small: No such file or directory

Additional Information

A workaround is to generate key and certificate on your own with openssl prior to starting webmitm:
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout webmitm.crt -out webmitm.crt -days 365 -nodes

Activities

g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2019-11-28 17:28

administrator   ~0011448

Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling <= 2019.1), these legacy versions are no longer supported.
We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2019-05-18 09:20 raimund New Issue
2019-11-28 17:28 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0011448
2019-11-28 17:28 g0tmi1k Status new => closed