From b23c8a0703dd8788a4422ed6fbd1e474cc6b49e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Viktorin Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:19:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 00435: gh-121650: Encode newlines in headers, and verify headers are sound (GH-122233) Per RFC 2047: > [...] these encoding schemes allow the > encoding of arbitrary octet values, mail readers that implement this > decoding should also ensure that display of the decoded data on the > recipient's terminal will not cause unwanted side-effects It seems that the "quoted-word" scheme is a valid way to include a newline character in a header value, just like we already allow undecodable bytes or control characters. They do need to be properly quoted when serialized to text, though. This should fail for custom fold() implementations that aren't careful about newlines. (cherry picked from commit 097633981879b3c9de9a1dd120d3aa585ecc2384) Co-authored-by: Petr Viktorin Co-authored-by: Bas Bloemsaat Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka --- Doc/library/email.errors.rst | 7 +++ Doc/library/email.policy.rst | 18 ++++++ Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst | 13 ++++ Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py | 12 +++- Lib/email/_policybase.py | 8 +++ Lib/email/errors.py | 4 ++ Lib/email/generator.py | 13 +++- Lib/test/test_email/test_generator.py | 62 +++++++++++++++++++ Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py | 26 ++++++++ ...-07-27-16-10-41.gh-issue-121650.nf6oc9.rst | 5 ++ 10 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-27-16-10-41.gh-issue-121650.nf6oc9.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/email.errors.rst b/Doc/library/email.errors.rst index 56aea6598b8615..27b0481a85a792 100644 --- a/Doc/library/email.errors.rst +++ b/Doc/library/email.errors.rst @@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module: :class:`~email.mime.nonmultipart.MIMENonMultipart` (e.g. :class:`~email.mime.image.MIMEImage`). + +.. exception:: HeaderWriteError() + + Raised when an error occurs when the :mod:`~email.generator` outputs + headers. + + .. exception:: MessageDefect() This is the base class for all defects found when parsing email messages. diff --git a/Doc/library/email.policy.rst b/Doc/library/email.policy.rst index bb406c5a56ced2..3edba4028b106f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/email.policy.rst +++ b/Doc/library/email.policy.rst @@ -228,6 +228,24 @@ added matters. To illustrate:: .. versionadded:: 3.6 + + .. attribute:: verify_generated_headers + + If ``True`` (the default), the generator will raise + :exc:`~email.errors.HeaderWriteError` instead of writing a header + that is improperly folded or delimited, such that it would + be parsed as multiple headers or joined with adjacent data. + Such headers can be generated by custom header classes or bugs + in the ``email`` module. + + As it's a security feature, this defaults to ``True`` even in the + :class:`~email.policy.Compat32` policy. + For backwards compatible, but unsafe, behavior, it must be set to + ``False`` explicitly. + + .. versionadded:: 3.11.10 + + The following :class:`Policy` method is intended to be called by code using the email library to create policy instances with custom settings: diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst index 42b61c75c7e621..f12c8719981d57 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst @@ -2728,6 +2728,7 @@ OpenSSL .. _libb2: https://www.blake2.net/ + Notable changes in 3.11.10 ========================== @@ -2736,3 +2737,15 @@ ipaddress * Fixed ``is_global`` and ``is_private`` behavior in ``IPv4Address``, ``IPv6Address``, ``IPv4Network`` and ``IPv6Network``. + +email +----- + +* Headers with embedded newlines are now quoted on output. + + The :mod:`~email.generator` will now refuse to serialize (write) headers + that are improperly folded or delimited, such that they would be parsed as + multiple headers or joined with adjacent data. + If you need to turn this safety feature off, + set :attr:`~email.policy.Policy.verify_generated_headers`. + (Contributed by Bas Bloemsaat and Petr Viktorin in :gh:`121650`.) diff --git a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py index 8cb8852cf0b7ab..255a953092b9e2 100644 --- a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py +++ b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ ASPECIALS = TSPECIALS | set("*'%") ATTRIBUTE_ENDS = ASPECIALS | WSP EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTE_ENDS = ATTRIBUTE_ENDS - set('%') +NLSET = {'\n', '\r'} +SPECIALSNL = SPECIALS | NLSET def quote_string(value): return '"'+str(value).replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('"', r'\"')+'"' @@ -2780,9 +2782,13 @@ def _refold_parse_tree(parse_tree, *, policy): wrap_as_ew_blocked -= 1 continue tstr = str(part) - if part.token_type == 'ptext' and set(tstr) & SPECIALS: - # Encode if tstr contains special characters. - want_encoding = True + if not want_encoding: + if part.token_type == 'ptext': + # Encode if tstr contains special characters. + want_encoding = not SPECIALSNL.isdisjoint(tstr) + else: + # Encode if tstr contains newlines. + want_encoding = not NLSET.isdisjoint(tstr) try: tstr.encode(encoding) charset = encoding diff --git a/Lib/email/_policybase.py b/Lib/email/_policybase.py index c9cbadd2a80c48..d1f48211f90970 100644 --- a/Lib/email/_policybase.py +++ b/Lib/email/_policybase.py @@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ class Policy(_PolicyBase, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta): message_factory -- the class to use to create new message objects. If the value is None, the default is Message. + verify_generated_headers + -- if true, the generator verifies that each header + they are properly folded, so that a parser won't + treat it as multiple headers, start-of-body, or + part of another header. + This is a check against custom Header & fold() + implementations. """ raise_on_defect = False @@ -165,6 +172,7 @@ class Policy(_PolicyBase, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta): max_line_length = 78 mangle_from_ = False message_factory = None + verify_generated_headers = True def handle_defect(self, obj, defect): """Based on policy, either raise defect or call register_defect. diff --git a/Lib/email/errors.py b/Lib/email/errors.py index 3ad00565549968..02aa5eced6ae46 100644 --- a/Lib/email/errors.py +++ b/Lib/email/errors.py @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class CharsetError(MessageError): """An illegal charset was given.""" +class HeaderWriteError(MessageError): + """Error while writing headers.""" + + # These are parsing defects which the parser was able to work around. class MessageDefect(ValueError): """Base class for a message defect.""" diff --git a/Lib/email/generator.py b/Lib/email/generator.py index eb597de76d42ef..563ca170726943 100644 --- a/Lib/email/generator.py +++ b/Lib/email/generator.py @@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ from copy import deepcopy from io import StringIO, BytesIO from email.utils import _has_surrogates +from email.errors import HeaderWriteError UNDERSCORE = '_' NL = '\n' # XXX: no longer used by the code below. NLCRE = re.compile(r'\r\n|\r|\n') fcre = re.compile(r'^From ', re.MULTILINE) +NEWLINE_WITHOUT_FWSP = re.compile(r'\r\n[^ \t]|\r[^ \n\t]|\n[^ \t]') class Generator: @@ -222,7 +224,16 @@ def _dispatch(self, msg): def _write_headers(self, msg): for h, v in msg.raw_items(): - self.write(self.policy.fold(h, v)) + folded = self.policy.fold(h, v) + if self.policy.verify_generated_headers: + linesep = self.policy.linesep + if not folded.endswith(self.policy.linesep): + raise HeaderWriteError( + f'folded header does not end with {linesep!r}: {folded!r}') + if NEWLINE_WITHOUT_FWSP.search(folded.removesuffix(linesep)): + raise HeaderWriteError( + f'folded header contains newline: {folded!r}') + self.write(folded) # A blank line always separates headers from body self.write(self._NL) diff --git a/Lib/test/test_email/test_generator.py b/Lib/test/test_email/test_generator.py index 89e7edeb63a892..d29400f0ed1dbb 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_generator.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_generator.py @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from email.generator import Generator, BytesGenerator from email.headerregistry import Address from email import policy +import email.errors from test.test_email import TestEmailBase, parameterize @@ -216,6 +217,44 @@ def test_rfc2231_wrapping_switches_to_default_len_if_too_narrow(self): g.flatten(msg) self.assertEqual(s.getvalue(), self.typ(expected)) + def test_keep_encoded_newlines(self): + msg = self.msgmaker(self.typ(textwrap.dedent("""\ + To: nobody + Subject: Bad subject=?UTF-8?Q?=0A?=Bcc: injection@example.com + + None + """))) + expected = textwrap.dedent("""\ + To: nobody + Subject: Bad subject=?UTF-8?Q?=0A?=Bcc: injection@example.com + + None + """) + s = self.ioclass() + g = self.genclass(s, policy=self.policy.clone(max_line_length=80)) + g.flatten(msg) + self.assertEqual(s.getvalue(), self.typ(expected)) + + def test_keep_long_encoded_newlines(self): + msg = self.msgmaker(self.typ(textwrap.dedent("""\ + To: nobody + Subject: Bad subject=?UTF-8?Q?=0A?=Bcc: injection@example.com + + None + """))) + expected = textwrap.dedent("""\ + To: nobody + Subject: Bad subject + =?utf-8?q?=0A?=Bcc: + injection@example.com + + None + """) + s = self.ioclass() + g = self.genclass(s, policy=self.policy.clone(max_line_length=30)) + g.flatten(msg) + self.assertEqual(s.getvalue(), self.typ(expected)) + class TestGenerator(TestGeneratorBase, TestEmailBase): @@ -224,6 +263,29 @@ class TestGenerator(TestGeneratorBase, TestEmailBase): ioclass = io.StringIO typ = str + def test_verify_generated_headers(self): + """gh-121650: by default the generator prevents header injection""" + class LiteralHeader(str): + name = 'Header' + def fold(self, **kwargs): + return self + + for text in ( + 'Value\r\nBad Injection\r\n', + 'NoNewLine' + ): + with self.subTest(text=text): + message = message_from_string( + "Header: Value\r\n\r\nBody", + policy=self.policy, + ) + + del message['Header'] + message['Header'] = LiteralHeader(text) + + with self.assertRaises(email.errors.HeaderWriteError): + message.as_string() + class TestBytesGenerator(TestGeneratorBase, TestEmailBase): diff --git a/Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py b/Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py index c6b9c80efe1b54..baa35fd68e49c5 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class PolicyAPITests(unittest.TestCase): 'raise_on_defect': False, 'mangle_from_': True, 'message_factory': None, + 'verify_generated_headers': True, } # These default values are the ones set on email.policy.default. # If any of these defaults change, the docs must be updated. @@ -294,6 +295,31 @@ def test_short_maxlen_error(self): with self.assertRaises(email.errors.HeaderParseError): policy.fold("Subject", subject) + def test_verify_generated_headers(self): + """Turning protection off allows header injection""" + policy = email.policy.default.clone(verify_generated_headers=False) + for text in ( + 'Header: Value\r\nBad: Injection\r\n', + 'Header: NoNewLine' + ): + with self.subTest(text=text): + message = email.message_from_string( + "Header: Value\r\n\r\nBody", + policy=policy, + ) + class LiteralHeader(str): + name = 'Header' + def fold(self, **kwargs): + return self + + del message['Header'] + message['Header'] = LiteralHeader(text) + + self.assertEqual( + message.as_string(), + f"{text}\nBody", + ) + # XXX: Need subclassing tests. # For adding subclassed objects, make sure the usual rules apply (subclass # wins), but that the order still works (right overrides left). diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-27-16-10-41.gh-issue-121650.nf6oc9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-27-16-10-41.gh-issue-121650.nf6oc9.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..83dd28d4ac575b --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-27-16-10-41.gh-issue-121650.nf6oc9.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +:mod:`email` headers with embedded newlines are now quoted on output. The +:mod:`~email.generator` will now refuse to serialize (write) headers that +are unsafely folded or delimited; see +:attr:`~email.policy.Policy.verify_generated_headers`. (Contributed by Bas +Bloemsaat and Petr Viktorin in :gh:`121650`.)