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[3.10] gh-121650: Encode newlines in headers, and verify headers are sound (GH-122233...
authorŁukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>
Wed, 4 Sep 2024 15:38:31 +0000 (17:38 +0200)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>
Wed, 4 Sep 2024 15:38:31 +0000 (17:38 +0200)
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 <encukou@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Bas Bloemsaat <bas@bloemsaat.org>
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Doc/library/email.errors.rst
Doc/library/email.policy.rst
Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
Lib/email/_policybase.py
Lib/email/errors.py
Lib/email/generator.py
Lib/test/test_email/test_generator.py
Lib/test/test_email/test_policy.py
Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-27-16-10-41.gh-issue-121650.nf6oc9.rst [new file with mode: 0644]

index 194a98696f437d9a831d214195dac14ac20bd84b..f737f0282c5489f3cbb55c0045df8e824d94d3eb 100644 (file)
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module:
    :class:`~email.mime.image.MIMEImage`).
 
 
+.. exception:: HeaderWriteError()
+
+   Raised when an error occurs when the :mod:`~email.generator` outputs
+   headers.
+
+
 Here is the list of the defects that the :class:`~email.parser.FeedParser`
 can find while parsing messages.  Note that the defects are added to the message
 where the problem was found, so for example, if a message nested inside a
index bf53b9520fc723e0fb4e9570e0934398f537c764..eba43b5169ddcf5d75b3e65de882bdd3bb455393 100644 (file)
@@ -229,6 +229,24 @@ 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:: 3.10.15
+
+
    The following :class:`Policy` method is intended to be called by code using
    the email library to create policy instances with custom settings:
 
index f71a50163f49ea545df0d02e512138ac0f7e726a..2d9f7608162863fdd796207b9a72ae983c1acd36 100644 (file)
@@ -2372,3 +2372,15 @@ 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`.)
index e637e6df06612d500ec53e681a2541ffba45c1fe..e1b99d5b417253a94ed264c413d5af788c197578 100644 (file)
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ TOKEN_ENDS = TSPECIALS | WSP
 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'\"')+'"'
@@ -2778,9 +2780,13 @@ 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
index c9cbadd2a80c48e7ce1c9247a22fd3024f365249..d1f48211f909703c6785a7e818f232de53fd19d5 100644 (file)
@@ -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.
index 3ad00565549968629376276f2a304dbce070076a..02aa5eced6ae461ee52236665e1770be7972dd5c 100644 (file)
@@ -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."""
index c9b121624e08d5ec390560b735b05ed411adeed2..89224ae41cbc67edb65aeb541d02089682aa5fa4 100644 (file)
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ import random
 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]')
 
 
 \f
@@ -223,7 +225,16 @@ class Generator:
 
     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)
 
index 89e7edeb63a892698ad28298f489f72e2b7157dc..d29400f0ed1dbba9faa75bfc39a6ce01e9184143 100644 (file)
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from email.message import EmailMessage
 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 @@ class TestGeneratorBase:
         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):
 
index e87c275549406d14b8d9af61ffcfc5a6cb64d90d..ff1ddf7d7a8fca7b4a9a8b81a8efec6f5a6181ff 100644 (file)
@@ -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.
@@ -277,6 +278,31 @@ class PolicyAPITests(unittest.TestCase):
                 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 (file)
index 0000000..83dd28d
--- /dev/null
@@ -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`.)