COSE Working Group                                              M. Jones
Internet-Draft                                                 Microsoft
Intended status: Standards Track                           June 22, 2017
Expires: December 24, 2017


                Using RSA Algorithms with COSE Messages
                        draft-jones-cose-rsa-05

Abstract

   The CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE) specification defines
   cryptographic message encodings using Concise Binary Object
   Representation (CBOR).  This specification defines algorithm
   encodings and representations enabling RSA algorithms to be used for
   COSE messages.  Encodings for the use of RSASSA-PSS signatures,
   RSAES-OAEP encryption, and RSA keys are specified.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Requirements Notation and Conventions . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  RSASSA-PSS Signature Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  RSAES-OAEP Key Encryption Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  RSA Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     5.1.  COSE Algorithms Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     5.2.  COSE Key Type Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     5.3.  COSE Key Type Parameters Registrations  . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     6.1.  Key Size Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     6.2.  RSASSA-PSS Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     6.3.  RSAES-OAEP Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Appendix B.  Document History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

1.  Introduction

   The CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE) [I-D.ietf-cose-msg]
   specification defines cryptographic message encodings using Concise
   Binary Object Representation (CBOR) [RFC7049].  This specification
   defines algorithm encodings and representations enabling RSA
   algorithms to be used for COSE messages.

1.1.  Requirements Notation and Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC
   2119 [RFC2119].

2.  RSASSA-PSS Signature Algorithm

   The RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm is defined in [RFC8017].

   The RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm is parameterized with a hash
   function (h), a mask generation function (mgf) and a salt length
   (sLen).  For this specification, the mask generation function is
   fixed to be MGF1 as defined in [RFC8017].  It has been recommended



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   that the same hash function be used for hashing the data as well as
   in the mask generation function.  This specification follows this
   recommendation.  The salt length is the same length as the hash
   function output.

   Implementations need to check that the key type is 'RSA' when
   creating or verifying a signature.

   The RSASSA-PSS algorithms specified in this document are in the
   following table.

     +-------+-------+---------+-------------+-----------------------+
     | Name  | Value | Hash    | Salt Length | Description           |
     +-------+-------+---------+-------------+-----------------------+
     | PS256 | -37   | SHA-256 | 32          | RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-256 |
     | PS384 | -38   | SHA-384 | 48          | RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-384 |
     | PS512 | -39   | SHA-512 | 64          | RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-512 |
     +-------+-------+---------+-------------+-----------------------+

                   Table 1: RSASSA-PSS Algorithm Values

3.  RSAES-OAEP Key Encryption Algorithm

   RSAES-OAEP is an asymmetric key encryption algorithm.  The definition
   of RSAEA-OAEP can be found in Section 7.1 of [RFC8017].  The
   algorithm is parameterized using a masking generation function (mgf),
   a hash function (h) and encoding parameters (P).  For the algorithm
   identifiers defined in this section:

   o  mgf is always set to MGF1 from [RFC8017] and uses the same hash
      function as h.

   o  P is always set to the empty octet string.

   The following table summarizes the rest of the values.

   +-------------------------------+-------+---------+-----------------+
   | Name                          | Value | Hash    | Description     |
   +-------------------------------+-------+---------+-----------------+
   | RSAES-OAEP w/ RFC 8017        | -40   | SHA-1   | RSAES-OAEP w/   |
   | default parameters            |       |         | SHA-1           |
   | RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-256         | -41   | SHA-256 | RSAES-OAEP w/   |
   |                               |       |         | SHA-256         |
   | RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-512         | -42   | SHA-512 | RSAES-OAEP w/   |
   |                               |       |         | SHA-512         |
   +-------------------------------+-------+---------+-----------------+

                   Table 2: RSAES-OAEP Algorithm Values



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   The key type MUST be 'RSA'.

4.  RSA Keys

   Key types are identified by the 'kty' member of the COSE_Key object.
   This specification defines one value for this member in the following
   table.

                      +------+-------+-------------+
                      | Name | Value | Description |
                      +------+-------+-------------+
                      | RSA  | 3     | RSA Key     |
                      +------+-------+-------------+

                         Table 3: Key Type Values

   This document defines a key structure for both the public and private
   parts of RSA keys.  Together, an RSA public key and an RSA private
   key form an RSA key pair.

   The document also provides support for the so-called "multi-prime"
   RSA keys, in which the modulus may have more than two prime factors.
   The benefit of multi-prime RSA is lower computational cost for the
   decryption and signature primitives.  For a discussion on how multi-
   prime affects the security of RSA crypto-systems, the reader is
   referred to [MultiPrimeRSA].

   This document follows the naming convention of [RFC8017] for the
   naming of the fields of an RSA public or private key and the
   corresponding fields have identical semantics.  The requirements for
   fields for RSA keys are as follows:

   o  For all keys, 'kty' MUST be present and MUST have a value of 3.

   o  For public keys, the fields 'n' and 'e' MUST be present.  All
      other fields defined in the following table below MUST be absent.

   o  For private keys with two primes, the fields 'other', 'r_i', 'd_i'
      and 't_i' MUST be absent; all other fields MUST be present.

   o  For private keys with more than two primes, all fields MUST be
      present.  For the third to nth primes, each of the primes is
      represented as a map containing the fields 'r_i', 'd_i' and 't_i'.
      The field 'other' is an array of those maps.

   o  All numeric key parameters are encoded in an unsigned big-endian
      representation as an octet sequence using the CBOR byte string
      type (major type 2).  The octet sequence MUST utilize the minimum



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      number of octets needed to represent the value.  For instance, the
      value 32,768 is represented as the CBOR byte sequence 0b010_00010,
      0x80 0x00 (major type 2, additional information 2 for the length).

   The following table provides a summary of the label values and the
   types associated with each of those labels.

   +-------+-------+-------+-------+-----------------------------------+
   | Key   | Name  | Label | CBOR  | Description                       |
   | Type  |       |       | Type  |                                   |
   +-------+-------+-------+-------+-----------------------------------+
   | 3     | n     | -1    | bstr  | the RSA modulus n                 |
   | 3     | e     | -2    | bstr  | the RSA public exponent e         |
   | 3     | d     | -3    | bstr  | the RSA private exponent d        |
   | 3     | p     | -4    | bstr  | the prime factor p of n           |
   | 3     | q     | -5    | bstr  | the prime factor q of n           |
   | 3     | dP    | -6    | bstr  | dP is d mod (p - 1)               |
   | 3     | dQ    | -7    | bstr  | dQ is d mod (q - 1)               |
   | 3     | qInv  | -8    | bstr  | qInv is the CRT coefficient       |
   |       |       |       |       | q^(-1) mod p                      |
   | 3     | other | -9    | array | other prime infos, an array       |
   | 3     | r_i   | -10   | bstr  | a prime factor r_i of n, where i  |
   |       |       |       |       | >= 3                              |
   | 3     | d_i   | -11   | bstr  | d_i = d mod (r_i - 1)             |
   | 3     | t_i   | -12   | bstr  | the CRT coefficient t_i = (r_1 *  |
   |       |       |       |       | r_2 * ... * r_(i-1))^(-1) mod r_i |
   +-------+-------+-------+-------+-----------------------------------+

                        Table 4: RSA Key Parameters

5.  IANA Considerations

5.1.  COSE Algorithms Registrations

   This section registers the following values in the IANA "COSE
   Algorithms" registry [IANA.COSE].

   o  Name: PS256
   o  Value: -37
   o  Description: RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-256
   o  Reference: Section 2 of [[ this specification ]]
   o  Recommended: Yes

   o  Name: PS384
   o  Value: -38
   o  Description: RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-384
   o  Reference: Section 2 of [[ this specification ]]
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   o  Name: PS512
   o  Value: -39
   o  Description: RSASSA-PSS w/ SHA-512
   o  Reference: Section 2 of [[ this specification ]]
   o  Recommended: Yes

   o  Name: RSAES-OAEP w/ RFC 8017 default parameters
   o  Value: -40
   o  Description: RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-1
   o  Reference: Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]
   o  Recommended: Yes

   o  Name: RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-256
   o  Value: -41
   o  Description: RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-256
   o  Reference: Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]
   o  Recommended: Yes

   o  Name: RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-512
   o  Value: -42
   o  Description: RSAES-OAEP w/ SHA-512
   o  Reference: Section 3 of [[ this specification ]]
   o  Recommended: Yes

5.2.  COSE Key Type Registrations

   This section registers the following values in the IANA "COSE Key
   Type" registry [IANA.COSE].

   o  Name: RSA
   o  Value: 3
   o  Description: RSA Key
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

5.3.  COSE Key Type Parameters Registrations

   This section registers the following values in the IANA "COSE Key
   Type Parameters" registry [IANA.COSE].

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: n
   o  Label: -1
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: the RSA modulus n
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: e



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   o  Label: -2
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: the RSA public exponent e
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: d
   o  Label: -3
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: the RSA private exponent d
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: p
   o  Label: -4
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: the prime factor p of n
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: q
   o  Label: -5
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: the prime factor q of n
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: dP
   o  Label: -6
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: dP is d mod (p - 1)
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: dQ
   o  Label: -7
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: dQ is d mod (q - 1)
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: qInv
   o  Label: -8
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: qInv is the CRT coefficient q^(-1) mod p
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

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   o  Name: other
   o  Label: -9
   o  CBOR Type: array
   o  Description: other prime infos, an array
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: r_i
   o  Label: -10
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: a prime factor r_i of n, where i >= 3
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: d_i
   o  Label: -11
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: d_i = d mod (r_i - 1)
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

   o  Key Type: 3
   o  Name: t_i
   o  Label: -12
   o  CBOR Type: bstr
   o  Description: the CRT coefficient t_i = (r_1 * r_2 * ... *
      r_(i-1))^(-1) mod r_i
   o  Reference: Section 4 of [[ this specification ]]

6.  Security Considerations

6.1.  Key Size Security Considerations

   A key size of 2048 bits or larger MUST be used with these algorithms.
   This key size corresponds roughly to the same strength as provided by
   a 128-bit symmetric encryption algorithm.  Implementations SHOULD be
   able to encrypt and decrypt with modulus between 2048 and 16K bits in
   length.  Applications can impose additional restrictions on the
   length of the modulus.

   In addition to needing to worry about keys that are too small to
   provide the required security, there are issues with keys that are
   too large.  Denial of service attacks have been mounted with overly
   large keys or oddly sized keys.  This has the potential to consume
   resources with these keys.  It is highly recommended that checks on
   the key length be done before starting a cryptographic operation.

   There are two reasonable ways to address this attack.  First, a key
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   verified that it is controlled by a party trusted by the recipient.
   This approach means that no cryptography will be done until a trust
   decision about the key has been made, a process described in
   Appendix D, Item 4 of [RFC7515].  Second, applications can impose
   maximum as well as minimum length requirements on keys.  This limits
   the resources that would otherwise be consumed by the use of overly
   large keys.

6.2.  RSASSA-PSS Security Considerations

   There is a theoretical hash substitution attack that can be mounted
   against RSASSA-PSS [HASHID].  However, the requirement that the same
   hash function be used consistently for all operations is an effective
   mitigation against it.  Unlike ECDSA, hash function outputs are not
   truncated so that the full hash value is always signed.  The internal
   padding structure of RSASSA-PSS means that one needs to have multiple
   collisions between the two hash functions to be successful in
   producing a forgery based on changing the hash function.  This is
   highly unlikely.

6.3.  RSAES-OAEP Security Considerations

   A version of RSAES-OAEP using the default parameters specified in
   Appendix A.2.1 of RFC 8017 is included because this is the most
   widely implemented set of OAEP parameter choices.  (Those default
   parameters are the SHA-1 hash function and the MGF1 with SHA-1 mask
   generation function.)

   Keys used with RSAES-OAEP MUST follow the constraints in Section 7.1
   of RFC 8017.  Also, keys with a low private key exponent value, as
   described in Section 3 of "Twenty Years of Attacks on the RSA
   Cryptosystem" [Boneh99], MUST NOT be used.

7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [Boneh99]  Boneh, D., "Twenty Years of Attacks on the RSA
              Cryptosystem", Notices of the American Mathematical
              Society (AMS), Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 203-213, 1999,
              <http://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/pubs/papers/
              RSA-survey.pdf>.

   [I-D.ietf-cose-msg]
              Schaad, J., "CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)",
              draft-ietf-cose-msg-24 (work in progress), November 2016.





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   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC7049]  Bormann, C. and P. Hoffman, "Concise Binary Object
              Representation (CBOR)", RFC 7049, DOI 10.17487/RFC7049,
              October 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7049>.

   [RFC7515]  Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web
              Signature (JWS)", RFC 7515, DOI 10.17487/RFC7515, May
              2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7515>.

   [RFC8017]  Moriarty, K., Ed., Kaliski, B., Jonsson, J., and A. Rusch,
              "PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.2",
              RFC 8017, DOI 10.17487/RFC8017, November 2016,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8017>.

7.2.  Informative References

   [HASHID]   Kaliski, B., "On Hash Function Firewalls in Signature
              Schemes", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume
              2271, pp. 1-16, DOI 10.1007/3-540-45760-7_1, February
              2002, <https://rd.springer.com/
              chapter/10.1007/3-540-45760-7_1>.

   [IANA.COSE]
              IANA, "CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)",
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/cose>.

   [MultiPrimeRSA]
              Hinek, M. and D. Cheriton, "On the Security of Multi-prime
              RSA", June 2006.

Appendix A.  Acknowledgements

   This specification incorporates text from draft-ietf-cose-msg-05 by
   Jim Schaad.  Thanks are due to Ben Campbell, Roni Even, Steve Kent,
   Kathleen Moriarty, Eric Rescorla, Adam Roach, Rich Salz, and Jim
   Schaad for their reviews of the specification.

Appendix B.  Document History

   [[ to be removed by the RFC Editor before publication as an RFC ]]

   -05

   o  Addressed IESG review comments.



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   o  Updated the RFC 3447 reference to RFC 8017.

   o  Updated the field descriptions to use the wording from
      Section A.1.2 of RFC 8017.

   o  Corrected an error in the RSAES-OAEP security considerations.

   -04

   o  Addressed SecDir review comments by Steve Kent and Gen-ART review
      comments by Roni Even.

   -03

   o  Clarified the Security Considerations in ways suggested by
      Kathleen Moriarty.

   o  Acknowledged reviewers.

   -02

   o  Reorganized the security considerations.

   o  Flattened the section structure.

   o  Applied wording improvements suggested by Jim Schaad.

   -01

   o  Completed the sets of IANA registration requests.

   o  Revised the algorithm assignments based on those in draft-ietf-
      cose-msg-24.

   -00

   o  This specification addresses COSE issue #21: Restore RSA-PSS and
      the "RSA" key type.  The initial version of this specification
      incorporates text from draft-ietf-cose-msg-05 -- the last COSE
      message specification version before the RSA algorithms were
      removed.

Author's Address








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   Michael B. Jones
   Microsoft

   Email: mbj@microsoft.com
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