Merge branch '2.1'

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/paramiko/transport.py b/paramiko/transport.py
index 7693c354..67c52e6a 100644
--- a/paramiko/transport.py
+++ b/paramiko/transport.py
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ from paramiko.ssh_exception import (
 from paramiko.util import retry_on_signal, ClosingContextManager, clamp_value
 
 
-
 # for thread cleanup
 _active_threads = []
 
@@ -114,8 +113,6 @@ class Transport(threading.Thread, ClosingContextManager):
         'aes192-cbc',
         'aes256-cbc',
         '3des-cbc',
-        'arcfour128',
-        'arcfour256',
     )
     _preferred_macs = (
         'hmac-sha2-256',
@@ -193,18 +190,6 @@ class Transport(threading.Thread, ClosingContextManager):
             'block-size': 8,
             'key-size': 24
         },
-        'arcfour128': {
-            'class': algorithms.ARC4,
-            'mode': None,
-            'block-size': 8,
-            'key-size': 16
-        },
-        'arcfour256': {
-            'class': algorithms.ARC4,
-            'mode': None,
-            'block-size': 8,
-            'key-size': 32
-        },
     }
 
 
@@ -1756,21 +1741,6 @@ class Transport(threading.Thread, ClosingContextManager):
     def _get_cipher(self, name, key, iv, operation):
         if name not in self._cipher_info:
             raise SSHException('Unknown client cipher ' + name)
-        if name in ('arcfour128', 'arcfour256'):
-            # arcfour cipher
-            cipher = Cipher(
-                self._cipher_info[name]['class'](key),
-                None,
-                backend=default_backend()
-            )
-            if operation is self._ENCRYPT:
-                engine = cipher.encryptor()
-            else:
-                engine = cipher.decryptor()
-            # as per RFC 4345, the first 1536 bytes of keystream
-            # generated by the cipher MUST be discarded
-            engine.encrypt(" " * 1536)
-            return engine
         else:
             cipher = Cipher(
                 self._cipher_info[name]['class'](key),
diff --git a/sites/www/changelog.rst b/sites/www/changelog.rst
index 0db12afe..78e1920a 100644
--- a/sites/www/changelog.rst
+++ b/sites/www/changelog.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+* :bug:`667` The RC4/arcfour family of ciphers has been broken since version
+  2.0; but since the algorithm is now known to be completely insecure, we are
+  opting to remove support outright instead of fixing it. Thanks to Alex Gaynor
+  for catch & patch.
 * :feature:`857` Allow `SSHClient.set_missing_host_key_policy
   <paramiko.client.SSHClient.set_missing_host_key_policy>` to accept policy
   classes _or_ instances, instead of only instances, thus fixing a