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  57. .IX Title "RSA_PUBLIC_ENCRYPT 3ossl"
  58. .TH RSA_PUBLIC_ENCRYPT 3ossl 2025-01-17 3.4.0 OpenSSL
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  63. .SH NAME
  64. RSA_public_encrypt, RSA_private_decrypt \- RSA public key cryptography
  65. .SH SYNOPSIS
  66. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  67. .Vb 1
  68. \& #include <openssl/rsa.h>
  69. .Ve
  70. .PP
  71. The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
  72. hidden entirely by defining \fBOPENSSL_API_COMPAT\fR with a suitable version value,
  73. see \fBopenssl_user_macros\fR\|(7):
  74. .PP
  75. .Vb 2
  76. \& int RSA_public_encrypt(int flen, const unsigned char *from,
  77. \& unsigned char *to, RSA *rsa, int padding);
  78. \&
  79. \& int RSA_private_decrypt(int flen, const unsigned char *from,
  80. \& unsigned char *to, RSA *rsa, int padding);
  81. .Ve
  82. .SH DESCRIPTION
  83. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  84. Both of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
  85. Applications should instead use \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt_init_ex\fR\|(3),
  86. \&\fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt\fR\|(3), \fBEVP_PKEY_decrypt_init_ex\fR\|(3) and
  87. \&\fBEVP_PKEY_decrypt\fR\|(3).
  88. .PP
  89. \&\fBRSA_public_encrypt()\fR encrypts the \fBflen\fR bytes at \fBfrom\fR (usually a
  90. session key) using the public key \fBrsa\fR and stores the ciphertext in
  91. \&\fBto\fR. \fBto\fR must point to RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) bytes of memory.
  92. .PP
  93. \&\fBpadding\fR denotes one of the following modes:
  94. .IP RSA_PKCS1_PADDING 4
  95. .IX Item "RSA_PKCS1_PADDING"
  96. PKCS #1 v1.5 padding. This currently is the most widely used mode.
  97. However, it is highly recommended to use RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING in
  98. new applications. SEE WARNING BELOW.
  99. .IP RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING 4
  100. .IX Item "RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING"
  101. EME-OAEP as defined in PKCS #1 v2.0 with SHA\-1, MGF1 and an empty
  102. encoding parameter. This mode is recommended for all new applications.
  103. .IP RSA_NO_PADDING 4
  104. .IX Item "RSA_NO_PADDING"
  105. Raw RSA encryption. This mode should \fIonly\fR be used to implement
  106. cryptographically sound padding modes in the application code.
  107. Encrypting user data directly with RSA is insecure.
  108. .PP
  109. When encrypting \fBflen\fR must not be more than RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) \- 11 for the
  110. PKCS #1 v1.5 based padding modes, not more than RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) \- 42 for
  111. RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING and exactly RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) for RSA_NO_PADDING.
  112. When a padding mode other than RSA_NO_PADDING is in use, then
  113. \&\fBRSA_public_encrypt()\fR will include some random bytes into the ciphertext
  114. and therefore the ciphertext will be different each time, even if the
  115. plaintext and the public key are exactly identical.
  116. The returned ciphertext in \fBto\fR will always be zero padded to exactly
  117. RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) bytes.
  118. \&\fBto\fR and \fBfrom\fR may overlap.
  119. .PP
  120. \&\fBRSA_private_decrypt()\fR decrypts the \fBflen\fR bytes at \fBfrom\fR using the
  121. private key \fBrsa\fR and stores the plaintext in \fBto\fR. \fBflen\fR should
  122. be equal to RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) but may be smaller, when leading zero
  123. bytes are in the ciphertext. Those are not important and may be removed,
  124. but \fBRSA_public_encrypt()\fR does not do that. \fBto\fR must point
  125. to a memory section large enough to hold the maximal possible decrypted
  126. data (which is equal to RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) for RSA_NO_PADDING,
  127. RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) \- 11 for the PKCS #1 v1.5 based padding modes and
  128. RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR) \- 42 for RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING).
  129. \&\fBpadding\fR is the padding mode that was used to encrypt the data.
  130. \&\fBto\fR and \fBfrom\fR may overlap.
  131. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  132. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  133. \&\fBRSA_public_encrypt()\fR returns the size of the encrypted data (i.e.,
  134. RSA_size(\fBrsa\fR)). \fBRSA_private_decrypt()\fR returns the size of the
  135. recovered plaintext. A return value of 0 is not an error and
  136. means only that the plaintext was empty.
  137. .PP
  138. On error, \-1 is returned; the error codes can be
  139. obtained by \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
  140. .SH WARNINGS
  141. .IX Header "WARNINGS"
  142. Decryption failures in the RSA_PKCS1_PADDING mode leak information
  143. which can potentially be used to mount a Bleichenbacher padding oracle
  144. attack. This is an inherent weakness in the PKCS #1 v1.5 padding
  145. design. Prefer RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING.
  146. .PP
  147. In OpenSSL before version 3.2.0, both the return value and the length of
  148. returned value could be used to mount the Bleichenbacher attack.
  149. Since version 3.2.0, the default provider in OpenSSL does not return an
  150. error when padding checks fail. Instead it generates a random
  151. message based on used private
  152. key and provided ciphertext so that application code doesn't have to implement
  153. a side-channel secure error handling.
  154. Applications that want to be secure against side-channel attacks with
  155. providers that don't implement implicit rejection, still need to
  156. handle the returned values using side-channel free code.
  157. Side-channel free handling of the error stack can be performed using
  158. either a pair of unconditional \fBERR_set_mark\fR\|(3) and \fBERR_pop_to_mark\fR\|(3)
  159. calls or by using the \fBERR_clear_error\fR\|(3) call.
  160. .SH "CONFORMING TO"
  161. .IX Header "CONFORMING TO"
  162. SSL, PKCS #1 v2.0
  163. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  164. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  165. \&\fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3), \fBRAND_bytes\fR\|(3),
  166. \&\fBRSA_size\fR\|(3), \fBEVP_PKEY_decrypt\fR\|(3), \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt\fR\|(3)
  167. .SH HISTORY
  168. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  169. Both of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
  170. .SH COPYRIGHT
  171. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  172. Copyright 2000\-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  173. .PP
  174. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
  175. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  176. in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
  177. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.