From 5be8d3e97b1d2e526548cb346fd5f8980d31616a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 05:49:53 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Prevent HTTPoxy attack (CVE-2016-1000110) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ignore the HTTP_PROXY variable when REQUEST_METHOD environment is set, which indicates that the script is in CGI mode. Issue reported and patch contributed by Rémi Rampin. Upstream-Status: Backport CVE: CVE-2016-1000110 Signed-off-by: Armin Kuster --- Doc/howto/urllib2.rst | 5 +++++ Doc/library/urllib.rst | 10 ++++++++++ Doc/library/urllib2.rst | 5 +++++ Lib/test/test_urllib.py | 12 ++++++++++++ Lib/urllib.py | 9 +++++++++ Misc/ACKS | 1 + Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++ 7 files changed, 46 insertions(+) Index: Python-2.7.11/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.11.orig/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst +++ Python-2.7.11/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst @@ -523,6 +523,11 @@ setting up a `Basic Authentication`_ han through a proxy. However, this can be enabled by extending urllib2 as shown in the recipe [#]_. +.. note:: + + ``HTTP_PROXY`` will be ignored if a variable ``REQUEST_METHOD`` is set; see + the documentation on :func:`~urllib.getproxies`. + Sockets and Layers ================== Index: Python-2.7.11/Doc/library/urllib.rst =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.11.orig/Doc/library/urllib.rst +++ Python-2.7.11/Doc/library/urllib.rst @@ -293,6 +293,16 @@ Utility functions find it, looks for proxy information from Mac OSX System Configuration for Mac OS X and Windows Systems Registry for Windows. + .. note:: + + If the environment variable ``REQUEST_METHOD`` is set, which usually + indicates your script is running in a CGI environment, the environment + variable ``HTTP_PROXY`` (uppercase ``_PROXY``) will be ignored. This is + because that variable can be injected by a client using the "Proxy:" + HTTP header. If you need to use an HTTP proxy in a CGI environment, + either use ``ProxyHandler`` explicitly, or make sure the variable name + is in lowercase (or at least the ``_proxy`` suffix). + .. note:: urllib also exposes certain utility functions like splittype, splithost and others parsing url into various components. But it is recommended to use Index: Python-2.7.11/Doc/library/urllib2.rst =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.11.orig/Doc/library/urllib2.rst +++ Python-2.7.11/Doc/library/urllib2.rst @@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ The following classes are provided: To disable autodetected proxy pass an empty dictionary. + .. note:: + + ``HTTP_PROXY`` will be ignored if a variable ``REQUEST_METHOD`` is set; + see the documentation on :func:`~urllib.getproxies`. + .. class:: HTTPPasswordMgr() Index: Python-2.7.11/Misc/ACKS =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.11.orig/Misc/ACKS +++ Python-2.7.11/Misc/ACKS @@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ Jérôme Radix Burton Radons Jeff Ramnani Brodie Rao +Rémi Rampin Senko Rasic Antti Rasinen Nikolaus Rath Index: Python-2.7.11/Lib/test/test_urllib.py =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.11.orig/Lib/test/test_urllib.py +++ Python-2.7.11/Lib/test/test_urllib.py @@ -162,6 +162,18 @@ class ProxyTests(unittest.TestCase): self.assertTrue(urllib.proxy_bypass_environment('anotherdomain.com')) + def test_proxy_cgi_ignore(self): + try: + self.env.set('HTTP_PROXY', 'http://somewhere:3128') + proxies = urllib.getproxies_environment() + self.assertEqual('http://somewhere:3128', proxies['http']) + self.env.set('REQUEST_METHOD', 'GET') + proxies = urllib.getproxies_environment() + self.assertNotIn('http', proxies) + finally: + self.env.unset('REQUEST_METHOD') + self.env.unset('HTTP_PROXY') + class urlopen_HttpTests(unittest.TestCase, FakeHTTPMixin): """Test urlopen() opening a fake http connection.""" Index: Python-2.7.11/Lib/urllib.py =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.11.orig/Lib/urllib.py +++ Python-2.7.11/Lib/urllib.py @@ -1382,11 +1382,21 @@ def getproxies_environment(): [Fancy]URLopener constructor. """ + # Get all variables proxies = {} for name, value in os.environ.items(): name = name.lower() if value and name[-6:] == '_proxy': proxies[name[:-6]] = value + + # CVE-2016-1000110 - If we are running as CGI script, forget HTTP_PROXY + # (non-all-lowercase) as it may be set from the web server by a "Proxy:" + # header from the client + # If "proxy" is lowercase, it will still be used thanks to the next block + if 'REQUEST_METHOD' in os.environ: + proxies.pop('http', None) + + # Get lowercase variables return proxies def proxy_bypass_environment(host): Index: Python-2.7.11/Misc/NEWS =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.11.orig/Misc/NEWS +++ Python-2.7.11/Misc/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.7.11? Library ------- +- Issue #27568: Prevent HTTPoxy attack (CVE-2016-1000110). Ignore the + HTTP_PROXY variable when REQUEST_METHOD environment is set, which indicates + that the script is in CGI mode. + - Issue #25624: ZipFile now always writes a ZIP_STORED header for directory entries. Patch by Dingyuan Wang.