always set OP_NO_SSLv3 by default (closes #25530)

Lib/test/test_ssl.py

@@ -674,12 +674,12 @@ class ContextTests(unittest.TestCase):
     @skip_if_broken_ubuntu_ssl
     def test_options(self):
         ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
-        # OP_ALL | OP_NO_SSLv2 is the default value
-        self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2,
-                         ctx.options)
-        ctx.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3
+        # OP_ALL | OP_NO_SSLv2 | OP_NO_SSLv3 is the default value
         self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3,
                          ctx.options)
+        ctx.options |= ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1
+        self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3 | ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1,
+                         ctx.options)
         if can_clear_options():
             ctx.options = (ctx.options & ~ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2) | ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1
             self.assertEqual(ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3,
@@ -2172,17 +2172,17 @@ else:
                             " SSL2 client to SSL23 server test unexpectedly failed:\n %s\n"
                             % str(x))
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv3'):
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True)
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True)
 
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv3'):
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
 
             if hasattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_SSLv3'):
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
 
@@ -2214,8 +2214,8 @@ else:
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
             if no_sslv2_implies_sslv3_hello():
                 # No SSLv2 => client will use an SSLv3 hello on recent OpenSSLs
-                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True,
-                                   client_options=ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2)
+                try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
+                                   False, client_options=ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2)
 
         @skip_if_broken_ubuntu_ssl
         def test_protocol_tlsv1(self):

Misc/NEWS

@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ Library
   at the end if the FileInput was opened with binary mode.
   Patch by Ryosuke Ito.
 
+- Issue #25530: Disable the vulnerable SSLv3 protocol by default when creating
+  ssl.SSLContext.
+
 - Issue #25569: Fix memory leak in SSLSocket.getpeercert().
 
 - Issue #21827: Fixed textwrap.dedent() for the case when largest common

Modules/_ssl.c

@@ -2037,6 +2037,8 @@ context_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     options = SSL_OP_ALL & ~SSL_OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS;
     if (proto_version != PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2)
         options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2;
+    if (proto_version != PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL3)
+        options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3;
     SSL_CTX_set_options(self->ctx, options);
 
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_ECDH