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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2011-01-15 12:13:50 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2011-01-15 12:13:50 -0500
commitcff4cfef4ff8813fbc47a9f914bb09bc011cb101 (patch)
tree8153b5eebf191f1deb204c09732b7cf576d79bd0 /src/common/torgzip.c
parented87738ede789fb9eccfd2e5a34bd8c484dfe44e (diff)
parent8f11642ceb357c7ff057335f14c37c3f7b33644f (diff)
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Merge remote branch 'origin/maint-0.2.1' into maint-0.2.2
Diffstat (limited to 'src/common/torgzip.c')
-rw-r--r--src/common/torgzip.c60
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/torgzip.c b/src/common/torgzip.c
index 8c4dca9ae..b2a205f7d 100644
--- a/src/common/torgzip.c
+++ b/src/common/torgzip.c
@@ -79,6 +79,33 @@ method_bits(compress_method_t method)
return method == GZIP_METHOD ? 15+16 : 15;
}
+/* These macros define the maximum allowable compression factor. Anything of
+ * size greater than CHECK_FOR_COMPRESSION_BOMB_AFTER is not allowed to
+ * have an uncompression factor (uncompressed size:compressed size ratio) of
+ * any greater than MAX_UNCOMPRESSION_FACTOR.
+ *
+ * Picking a value for MAX_UNCOMPRESSION_FACTOR is a trade-off: we want it to
+ * be small to limit the attack multiplier, but we also want it to be large
+ * enough so that no legitimate document --even ones we might invent in the
+ * future -- ever compresses by a factor of greater than
+ * MAX_UNCOMPRESSION_FACTOR. Within those parameters, there's a reasonably
+ * large range of possible values. IMO, anything over 8 is probably safe; IMO
+ * anything under 50 is probably sufficient.
+ */
+#define MAX_UNCOMPRESSION_FACTOR 25
+#define CHECK_FOR_COMPRESSION_BOMB_AFTER (1024*64)
+
+/** Return true if uncompressing an input of size <b>in_size</b> to an input
+ * of size at least <b>size_out</b> looks like a compression bomb. */
+static int
+is_compression_bomb(size_t size_in, size_t size_out)
+{
+ if (size_in == 0 || size_out < CHECK_FOR_COMPRESSION_BOMB_AFTER)
+ return 0;
+
+ return (size_out / size_in > MAX_UNCOMPRESSION_FACTOR);
+}
+
/** Given <b>in_len</b> bytes at <b>in</b>, compress them into a newly
* allocated buffer, using the method described in <b>method</b>. Store the
* compressed string in *<b>out</b>, and its length in *<b>out_len</b>.
@@ -181,6 +208,12 @@ tor_gzip_compress(char **out, size_t *out_len,
}
tor_free(stream);
+ if (is_compression_bomb(*out_len, in_len)) {
+ log_warn(LD_BUG, "We compressed something and got an insanely high "
+ "compression factor; other Tors would think this was a zlib bomb.");
+ goto err;
+ }
+
return 0;
err:
if (stream) {
@@ -243,7 +276,7 @@ tor_gzip_uncompress(char **out, size_t *out_len,
out_size = in_len * 2; /* guess 50% compression. */
if (out_size < 1024) out_size = 1024;
- if (out_size > UINT_MAX)
+ if (out_size >= SIZE_T_CEILING || out_size > UINT_MAX)
goto err;
*out = tor_malloc(out_size);
@@ -283,7 +316,16 @@ tor_gzip_uncompress(char **out, size_t *out_len,
old_size = out_size;
out_size *= 2;
if (out_size < old_size) {
- log_warn(LD_GENERAL, "Size overflow in compression.");
+ log_warn(LD_GENERAL, "Size overflow in uncompression.");
+ goto err;
+ }
+ if (is_compression_bomb(in_len, out_size)) {
+ log_warn(LD_GENERAL, "Input looks like a possible zlib bomb; "
+ "not proceeding.");
+ goto err;
+ }
+ if (out_size >= SIZE_T_CEILING) {
+ log_warn(LD_BUG, "Hit SIZE_T_CEILING limit while uncompressing.");
goto err;
}
*out = tor_realloc(*out, out_size);
@@ -349,6 +391,11 @@ detect_compression_method(const char *in, size_t in_len)
struct tor_zlib_state_t {
struct z_stream_s stream;
int compress;
+
+ /* Number of bytes read so far. Used to detect zlib bombs. */
+ size_t input_so_far;
+ /* Number of bytes written so far. Used to detect zlib bombs. */
+ size_t output_so_far;
};
/** Construct and return a tor_zlib_state_t object using <b>method</b>. If
@@ -415,11 +462,20 @@ tor_zlib_process(tor_zlib_state_t *state,
err = inflate(&state->stream, finish ? Z_FINISH : Z_SYNC_FLUSH);
}
+ state->input_so_far += state->stream.next_in - ((unsigned char*)*in);
+ state->output_so_far += state->stream.next_out - ((unsigned char*)*out);
+
*out = (char*) state->stream.next_out;
*out_len = state->stream.avail_out;
*in = (const char *) state->stream.next_in;
*in_len = state->stream.avail_in;
+ if (! state->compress &&
+ is_compression_bomb(state->input_so_far, state->output_so_far)) {
+ log_warn(LD_DIR, "Possible zlib bomb; abandoning stream.");
+ return TOR_ZLIB_ERR;
+ }
+
switch (err)
{
case Z_STREAM_END: