Users are not able to access Confluence with 'Server has a weak, ephemeral Diffie-Hellman public key'
Platform notice: Server and Data Center only. This article only applies to Atlassian products on the Server and Data Center platforms.
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Problem
You'll see the following message in the browser and will not be able to access Confluence:
An error occurred during a connection to <confluence-baseurl>. SSL received a weak ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key in Server Key Exchange handshake message. (Error code: ssl_error_weak_server_ephemeral_dh_key)Cause
Recent updates to Chrome and Firefox prevent access to websites that use the vulnerable Diffie-Hellman public key cipher.
Workaround
Use a different browser such as Internet Explorer.
Resolution
Proceed with this section if you are using Java 8
Please note Java versions before 8 cannot use a Diffie-Hellman key size above 1024bits so make sure to upgrade all application linked products to use Java 8 before increasing the Diffie-Hellman key size above 1024bits.
If Bamboo or Confluence or Crowd or Crucible or Fisheye or JIRA or Stash terminate SSL/TLS:
If the version of the product you are running does not support Java 8 then either upgrade to a version that does support Java 8,or offload the SSL at a reverse-proxy such as Apache or Nginx. Also, check that the version of Java 8 in use is equal to or great than Java 8 update 51.
When using Java 8, set the jdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize to 2048in the JVM parameters, for example:
-Djdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize=2048You may also wish to follow the details in Security tools report the default SSL Ciphers are too weak.
If Apache/nginx/IIS or another web server terminate SSL/TLS:
Follow the information found at https://weakdh.org/sysadmin.html for the web server you are using. Additionally it's recommended to follow the configuration specified in Mozilla's SSL Config Generator.
Proceed with this section if you are using Java 7
- Shut down Confluence.
- Backup and open the <Confluence Install Directory>/conf/
server.xmlfile. Add the following to the main connector used for SSL:
server.xmluseCipherSuitesOrder="true" ciphers="TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_SRP_SHA_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_SRP_SHA_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_SRP_SHA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_SRP_SHA_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_SRP_SHA_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_SRP_SHA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA"Example:
<Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true" maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true" keystoreFile="keystorePath" keystorePass="keystorepass" useCipherSuitesOrder="true" ciphers="TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_SRP_SHA_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_SRP_SHA_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_SRP_SHA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_SRP_SHA_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_SRP_SHA_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_SRP_SHA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA" clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"/>Note that this is only an example and some critical information specific to your environment may be missing.
With the above ciphers settings, old clients such as Windows XP and Java 6 will not be able to connect.