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util/xml.lua @ 12181:783056b4e448 0.11 0.11.12
util.xml: Do not allow doctypes, comments or processing instructions
Yes. This is as bad as it sounds. CVE pending.
In Prosody itself, this only affects mod_websocket, which uses util.xml
to parse the <open/> frame, thus allowing unauthenticated remote DoS
using Billion Laughs. However, third-party modules using util.xml may
also be affected by this.
This commit installs handlers which disallow the use of doctype
declarations and processing instructions without any escape hatch. It,
by default, also introduces such a handler for comments, however, there
is a way to enable comments nontheless.
This is because util.xml is used to parse human-facing data, where
comments are generally a desirable feature, and also because comments
are generally harmless.
author | Jonas Schäfer <jonas@wielicki.name> |
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date | Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:23:54 +0100 |
parent | 8555:4f0f5b49bb03 |
child | 12201:e5e0ab93d7f4 |
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local st = require "util.stanza"; local lxp = require "lxp"; local t_insert = table.insert; local t_remove = table.remove; local error = error; local _ENV = nil; -- luacheck: std none local parse_xml = (function() local ns_prefixes = { ["http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"] = "xml"; }; local ns_separator = "\1"; local ns_pattern = "^([^"..ns_separator.."]*)"..ns_separator.."?(.*)$"; return function(xml, options) --luacheck: ignore 212/self local handler = {}; local stanza = st.stanza("root"); local namespaces = {}; local prefixes = {}; function handler:StartNamespaceDecl(prefix, url) if prefix ~= nil then t_insert(namespaces, url); t_insert(prefixes, prefix); end end function handler:EndNamespaceDecl(prefix) if prefix ~= nil then -- we depend on each StartNamespaceDecl having a paired EndNamespaceDecl t_remove(namespaces); t_remove(prefixes); end end function handler:StartElement(tagname, attr) local curr_ns,name = tagname:match(ns_pattern); if name == "" then curr_ns, name = "", curr_ns; end if curr_ns ~= "" then attr.xmlns = curr_ns; end for i=1,#attr do local k = attr[i]; attr[i] = nil; local ns, nm = k:match(ns_pattern); if nm ~= "" then ns = ns_prefixes[ns]; if ns then attr[ns..":"..nm] = attr[k]; attr[k] = nil; end end end local n = {} for i=1,#namespaces do n[prefixes[i]] = namespaces[i]; end stanza:tag(name, attr, n); end function handler:CharacterData(data) stanza:text(data); end function handler:EndElement() stanza:up(); end local parser; -- SECURITY: These two handlers, especially the Doctype one, are required to prevent exploits such as Billion Laughs. function handler:StartDoctypeDecl() if not parser.stop or not parser:stop() then error("Failed to abort parsing"); end end function handler:ProcessingInstruction() if not parser.stop or not parser:stop() then error("Failed to abort parsing"); end end if not options or not options.allow_comments then -- NOTE: comments are generally harmless and can be useful when parsing configuration files or other data, even user-provided data function handler:Comment() if not parser.stop or not parser:stop() then error("Failed to abort parsing"); end end end parser = lxp.new(handler, ns_separator); local ok, err, line, col = parser:parse(xml); if ok then ok, err, line, col = parser:parse(); end --parser:close(); if ok then return stanza.tags[1]; else return ok, err.." (line "..line..", col "..col..")"; end end; end)(); return { parse = parse_xml; };