[Bug 1590163] Re: disable export grade ciphers

[Oibaf]

This was done in Ubuntu jammy/22.04. See release notes: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/jammy-jellyfish-release-notes/24668
Security Level 2 is now enforced, see here for some more info: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man3.0/man3/SSL_CTX_set_security_level.html

** Changed in: openssl (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  disable export grade ciphers

Status in openssl package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  # System

  device: Aquaris BQ E4.5
  OS: Ubuntu 15.04, OTA-11 
  OpenSSL version:
    $dpkg --list |grep libssl
  ii  libssl1.0.0:armhf                                    1.0.1f-1ubuntu11.6                                         armhf        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries

  
  # Observed behaviour

  OpenSSL provides export grade ciphers:

    $openssl ciphers -v EXP
  EXP-EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH(512)  Au=RSA  Enc=DES(40)   Mac=SHA1 export
  EXP-EDH-DSS-DES-CBC-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH(512)  Au=DSS  Enc=DES(40)   Mac=SHA1 export
  EXP-ADH-DES-CBC-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=DH(512)  Au=None Enc=DES(40)   Mac=SHA1 export
  EXP-DES-CBC-SHA         SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=DES(40)   Mac=SHA1 export
  EXP-RC2-CBC-MD5         SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC2(40)   Mac=MD5  export
  EXP-ADH-RC4-MD5         SSLv3 Kx=DH(512)  Au=None Enc=RC4(40)   Mac=MD5  export
  EXP-RC4-MD5             SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(40)   Mac=MD5  export

  
  # Expected behaviour

  No export grade ciphers are provided in binaries.

  
  # Rationale

  Export grade ciphers are insecure.  By design.  In response to FREAK and
  Logjam attacks, OpenSSL developers disabled export grade ciphers in
  OpenSSL v1.0.1m (March 2015),
  cf. <URL:https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2015/05/20/logjam-freak-upcoming-changes/>.

  To bypass similar future attacks, deactivation of export grade ciphers should be
  backported to 15.04.

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