crypto/x509: introduce ErrInsecureAlgorithm for insecure algorithms

Until now we've used ErrUnknownAlgorithm but that's a bit confusing
when it is returned for obviously-known things like MD5.

Fixes golang#10431.

Change-Id: Ief8a8ef46e5b99bd4fd18e1acd7ae398a484bac3
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/17380
Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <[email protected]>

Author: rsc

src/crypto/x509/x509.go

@@ -541,6 +541,10 @@ type Certificate struct {
 // involves algorithms that are not currently implemented.
 var ErrUnsupportedAlgorithm = errors.New("x509: cannot verify signature: algorithm unimplemented")
 
+// ErrInsecureAlgorithm results from attempting to perform an operation that
+// involves algorithms that are deemed insecure, notably MD5.
+var ErrInsecureAlgorithm = errors.New("x509: cannot verify signature: insecure algorithm")
+
 // ConstraintViolationError results when a requested usage is not permitted by
 // a certificate. For example: checking a signature when the public key isn't a
 // certificate signing key.
@@ -651,6 +655,8 @@ func checkSignature(algo SignatureAlgorithm, signed, signature []byte, publicKey
 		hashType = crypto.SHA384
 	case SHA512WithRSA, ECDSAWithSHA512:
 		hashType = crypto.SHA512
+	case MD2WithRSA, MD5WithRSA:
+		return ErrInsecureAlgorithm
 	default:
 		return ErrUnsupportedAlgorithm
 	}

src/crypto/x509/x509_test.go

@@ -1220,3 +1220,36 @@ var csrBase64Array = [...]string{
 	// Both [ v3_req ] and [ req_attributes ]
 	"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",
 }
+
+var md5cert = `
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+`
+
+func TestMD5(t *testing.T) {
+	pemBlock, _ := pem.Decode([]byte(md5cert))
+	cert, err := ParseCertificate(pemBlock.Bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to parse certificate: %s", err)
+	}
+	if sa := cert.SignatureAlgorithm; sa != MD5WithRSA {
+		t.Errorf("signature algorithm is %v, want %v", sa, MD5WithRSA)
+	}
+	if err = cert.CheckSignatureFrom(cert); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("certificate verification succeeded incorrectly")
+	}
+	if err != ErrInsecureAlgorithm {
+		t.Fatalf("certificate verification returned %q, wanted %q", err, ErrInsecureAlgorithm)
+	}
+}