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Decoding (CVE-2024-25111) Resolves: RHEL-26092 - squid: denial of service in HTTP header parser (CVE-2024-25617)
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5.3 KiB
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106 lines
5.3 KiB
Diff
diff --git a/src/SquidString.h b/src/SquidString.h
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index e36cd27..ea613ad 100644
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--- a/src/SquidString.h
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+++ b/src/SquidString.h
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@@ -140,7 +140,16 @@ private:
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size_type len_ = 0; /* current length */
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- static const size_type SizeMax_ = 65535; ///< 64K limit protects some fixed-size buffers
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+ /// An earlier 64KB limit was meant to protect some fixed-size buffers, but
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+ /// (a) we do not know where those buffers are (or whether they still exist)
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+ /// (b) too many String users unknowingly exceeded that limit and asserted.
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+ /// We are now using a larger limit to reduce the number of (b) cases,
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+ /// especially cases where "compact" lists of items grow 50% in size when we
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+ /// convert them to canonical form. The new limit is selected to withstand
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+ /// concatenation and ~50% expansion of two HTTP headers limited by default
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+ /// request_header_max_size and reply_header_max_size settings.
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+ static const size_type SizeMax_ = 3*64*1024 - 1;
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+
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/// returns true after increasing the first argument by extra if the sum does not exceed SizeMax_
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static bool SafeAdd(size_type &base, size_type extra) { if (extra <= SizeMax_ && base <= SizeMax_ - extra) { base += extra; return true; } return false; }
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diff --git a/src/cache_cf.cc b/src/cache_cf.cc
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index cb746dc..c4ade96 100644
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--- a/src/cache_cf.cc
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+++ b/src/cache_cf.cc
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@@ -950,6 +950,18 @@ configDoConfigure(void)
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(uint32_t)Config.maxRequestBufferSize, (uint32_t)Config.maxRequestHeaderSize);
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}
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+ // Warn about the dangers of exceeding String limits when manipulating HTTP
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+ // headers. Technically, we do not concatenate _requests_, so we could relax
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+ // their check, but we keep the two checks the same for simplicity sake.
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+ const auto safeRawHeaderValueSizeMax = (String::SizeMaxXXX()+1)/3;
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+ // TODO: static_assert(safeRawHeaderValueSizeMax >= 64*1024); // no WARNINGs for default settings
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+ if (Config.maxRequestHeaderSize > safeRawHeaderValueSizeMax)
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+ debugs(3, DBG_CRITICAL, "WARNING: Increasing request_header_max_size beyond " << safeRawHeaderValueSizeMax <<
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+ " bytes makes Squid more vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks; configured value: " << Config.maxRequestHeaderSize << " bytes");
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+ if (Config.maxReplyHeaderSize > safeRawHeaderValueSizeMax)
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+ debugs(3, DBG_CRITICAL, "WARNING: Increasing reply_header_max_size beyond " << safeRawHeaderValueSizeMax <<
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+ " bytes makes Squid more vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks; configured value: " << Config.maxReplyHeaderSize << " bytes");
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+
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/*
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* Disable client side request pipelining if client_persistent_connections OFF.
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* Waste of resources queueing any pipelined requests when the first will close the connection.
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diff --git a/src/cf.data.pre b/src/cf.data.pre
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index 67a66b0..61a66f1 100644
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--- a/src/cf.data.pre
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+++ b/src/cf.data.pre
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@@ -6489,11 +6489,14 @@ TYPE: b_size_t
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DEFAULT: 64 KB
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LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
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DOC_START
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- This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
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- Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
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- Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
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- bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
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- buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
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+ This directives limits the header size of a received HTTP request
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+ (including request-line). Increasing this limit beyond its 64 KB default
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+ exposes certain old Squid code to various denial-of-service attacks. This
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+ limit also applies to received FTP commands.
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+
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+ This limit has no direct affect on Squid memory consumption.
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+
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+ Squid does not check this limit when sending requests.
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DOC_END
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NAME: reply_header_max_size
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@@ -6502,11 +6505,14 @@ TYPE: b_size_t
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DEFAULT: 64 KB
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LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
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DOC_START
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- This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
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- Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
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- Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
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- bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
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- buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
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+ This directives limits the header size of a received HTTP response
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+ (including status-line). Increasing this limit beyond its 64 KB default
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+ exposes certain old Squid code to various denial-of-service attacks. This
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+ limit also applies to FTP command responses.
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+
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+ Squid also checks this limit when loading hit responses from disk cache.
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+
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+ Squid does not check this limit when sending responses.
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DOC_END
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NAME: request_body_max_size
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diff --git a/src/http.cc b/src/http.cc
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index 7c9ae70..98e3969 100644
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--- a/src/http.cc
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+++ b/src/http.cc
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@@ -1926,8 +1926,9 @@ HttpStateData::httpBuildRequestHeader(HttpRequest * request,
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String strFwd = hdr_in->getList(Http::HdrType::X_FORWARDED_FOR);
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- // if we cannot double strFwd size, then it grew past 50% of the limit
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- if (!strFwd.canGrowBy(strFwd.size())) {
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+ // Detect unreasonably long header values. And paranoidly check String
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+ // limits: a String ought to accommodate two reasonable-length values.
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+ if (strFwd.size() > 32*1024 || !strFwd.canGrowBy(strFwd.size())) {
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// There is probably a forwarding loop with Via detection disabled.
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// If we do nothing, String will assert on overflow soon.
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// TODO: Terminate all transactions with huge XFF?
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