Subject: bug#32545: closed (Re: [bug#32545] [PATCH] gnu: dropbear: Fix CVE-2018-15599.)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:13:02 +0000

Your bug report

#32545: [PATCH] gnu: dropbear: Fix CVE-2018-15599.

which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: [bug#32545] [PATCH] gnu: dropbear: Fix CVE-2018-15599.
From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
To: Clément Lassieur <[email-masked]>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:12:22 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 02:22:59PM +0200, Clément Lassieur wrote:
> Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:
> > I haven’t tested it but the patch LGTM, FWIW.  You can also run “make
> > check-system TESTS=dropbear” if you haven’t already, to make sure the
> > basics work.

Thanks! Pushed as 8a5a1eff422c5e3bca785f3967d444d0eafcf9c3

> Leo said on IRC that this produces 0 tests, and I can reproduce this:
> 
>     $ ~/.guix$ make check-system TESTS="dropbear"
>     Compiling Scheme modules...
>     Running 0 system tests...
>     TOTAL: 0

Yes, I'm starting a new bug for this :)

Subject: [PATCH] gnu: dropbear: Fix CVE-2018-15599.
From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:27:28 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Dropbear users, please test!

* gnu/packages/patches/dropbear-CVE-2018-15599.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/ssh.scm (dropbear)[source]: Use it.
---
 gnu/local.mk                                  |   1 +
 .../patches/dropbear-CVE-2018-15599.patch     | 240 ++++++++++++++++++
 gnu/packages/ssh.scm                          |   1 +
 3 files changed, 242 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/dropbear-CVE-2018-15599.patch

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d0e84c597..6a6486354 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/dovecot-trees-support-dovecot-2.3.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/doxygen-gcc-ice.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/doxygen-test.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/dropbear-CVE-2018-15599.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/dvd+rw-tools-add-include.patch 		\
   %D%/packages/patches/elfutils-tests-ptrace.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/elogind-glibc-2.27.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/dropbear-CVE-2018-15599.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/dropbear-CVE-2018-15599.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a474552cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/dropbear-CVE-2018-15599.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+Fix CVE-2018-15599:
+
+http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.html
+https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15599
+
+Patch copied from upstream source repository:
+
+https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/commit/52adbb34c32d3e2e1bcdb941e20a6f81138b8248
+
+From 52adbb34c32d3e2e1bcdb941e20a6f81138b8248 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matt Johnston <[email-masked]>
+Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:43:12 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Wait to fail invalid usernames
+
+---
+ auth.h           |  6 +++---
+ svr-auth.c       | 19 +++++--------------
+ svr-authpam.c    | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
+ svr-authpasswd.c | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
+ svr-authpubkey.c | 11 ++++++++++-
+ 5 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/auth.h b/auth.h
+index da498f5b..98f54683 100644
+--- a/auth.h
++++ b/auth.h
+@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ void recv_msg_userauth_request(void);
+ void send_msg_userauth_failure(int partial, int incrfail);
+ void send_msg_userauth_success(void);
+ void send_msg_userauth_banner(const buffer *msg);
+-void svr_auth_password(void);
+-void svr_auth_pubkey(void);
+-void svr_auth_pam(void);
++void svr_auth_password(int valid_user);
++void svr_auth_pubkey(int valid_user);
++void svr_auth_pam(int valid_user);
+ 
+ #if DROPBEAR_SVR_PUBKEY_OPTIONS_BUILT
+ int svr_pubkey_allows_agentfwd(void);
+diff --git a/svr-auth.c b/svr-auth.c
+index c19c0901..edde86bc 100644
+--- a/svr-auth.c
++++ b/svr-auth.c
+@@ -149,10 +149,8 @@ void recv_msg_userauth_request() {
+ 		if (methodlen == AUTH_METHOD_PASSWORD_LEN &&
+ 				strncmp(methodname, AUTH_METHOD_PASSWORD,
+ 					AUTH_METHOD_PASSWORD_LEN) == 0) {
+-			if (valid_user) {
+-				svr_auth_password();
+-				goto out;
+-			}
++			svr_auth_password(valid_user);
++			goto out;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ #endif
+@@ -164,10 +162,8 @@ void recv_msg_userauth_request() {
+ 		if (methodlen == AUTH_METHOD_PASSWORD_LEN &&
+ 				strncmp(methodname, AUTH_METHOD_PASSWORD,
+ 					AUTH_METHOD_PASSWORD_LEN) == 0) {
+-			if (valid_user) {
+-				svr_auth_pam();
+-				goto out;
+-			}
++			svr_auth_pam(valid_user);
++			goto out;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ #endif
+@@ -177,12 +173,7 @@ void recv_msg_userauth_request() {
+ 	if (methodlen == AUTH_METHOD_PUBKEY_LEN &&
+ 			strncmp(methodname, AUTH_METHOD_PUBKEY,
+ 				AUTH_METHOD_PUBKEY_LEN) == 0) {
+-		if (valid_user) {
+-			svr_auth_pubkey();
+-		} else {
+-			/* pubkey has no failure delay */
+-			send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 0);
+-		}
++		svr_auth_pubkey(valid_user);
+ 		goto out;
+ 	}
+ #endif
+diff --git a/svr-authpam.c b/svr-authpam.c
+index 05e4f3e5..d201bc96 100644
+--- a/svr-authpam.c
++++ b/svr-authpam.c
+@@ -178,13 +178,14 @@ pamConvFunc(int num_msg,
+  * Keyboard interactive would be a lot nicer, but since PAM is synchronous, it
+  * gets very messy trying to send the interactive challenges, and read the
+  * interactive responses, over the network. */
+-void svr_auth_pam() {
++void svr_auth_pam(int valid_user) {
+ 
+ 	struct UserDataS userData = {NULL, NULL};
+ 	struct pam_conv pamConv = {
+ 		pamConvFunc,
+ 		&userData /* submitted to pamvConvFunc as appdata_ptr */ 
+ 	};
++	const char* printable_user = NULL;
+ 
+ 	pam_handle_t* pamHandlep = NULL;
+ 
+@@ -204,12 +205,23 @@ void svr_auth_pam() {
+ 
+ 	password = buf_getstring(ses.payload, &passwordlen);
+ 
++	/* We run the PAM conversation regardless of whether the username is valid
++	in case the conversation function has an inherent delay.
++	Use ses.authstate.username rather than ses.authstate.pw_name.
++	After PAM succeeds we then check the valid_user flag too */
++
+ 	/* used to pass data to the PAM conversation function - don't bother with
+ 	 * strdup() etc since these are touched only by our own conversation
+ 	 * function (above) which takes care of it */
+-	userData.user = ses.authstate.pw_name;
++	userData.user = ses.authstate.username;
+ 	userData.passwd = password;
+ 
++	if (ses.authstate.pw_name) {
++		printable_user = ses.authstate.pw_name;
++	} else {
++		printable_user = "<invalid username>";
++	}
++
+ 	/* Init pam */
+ 	if ((rc = pam_start("sshd", NULL, &pamConv, &pamHandlep)) != PAM_SUCCESS) {
+ 		dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "pam_start() failed, rc=%d, %s", 
+@@ -242,7 +254,7 @@ void svr_auth_pam() {
+ 				rc, pam_strerror(pamHandlep, rc));
+ 		dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING,
+ 				"Bad PAM password attempt for '%s' from %s",
+-				ses.authstate.pw_name,
++				printable_user,
+ 				svr_ses.addrstring);
+ 		send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
+ 		goto cleanup;
+@@ -253,12 +265,18 @@ void svr_auth_pam() {
+ 				rc, pam_strerror(pamHandlep, rc));
+ 		dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING,
+ 				"Bad PAM password attempt for '%s' from %s",
+-				ses.authstate.pw_name,
++				printable_user,
+ 				svr_ses.addrstring);
+ 		send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
+ 		goto cleanup;
+ 	}
+ 
++	if (!valid_user) {
++		/* PAM auth succeeded but the username isn't allowed in for another reason
++		(checkusername() failed) */
++		send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
++	}
++
+ 	/* successful authentication */
+ 	dropbear_log(LOG_NOTICE, "PAM password auth succeeded for '%s' from %s",
+ 			ses.authstate.pw_name,
+diff --git a/svr-authpasswd.c b/svr-authpasswd.c
+index bdee2aa1..69c7d8af 100644
+--- a/svr-authpasswd.c
++++ b/svr-authpasswd.c
+@@ -48,22 +48,14 @@ static int constant_time_strcmp(const char* a, const char* b) {
+ 
+ /* Process a password auth request, sending success or failure messages as
+  * appropriate */
+-void svr_auth_password() {
++void svr_auth_password(int valid_user) {
+ 	
+ 	char * passwdcrypt = NULL; /* the crypt from /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow */
+ 	char * testcrypt = NULL; /* crypt generated from the user's password sent */
+-	char * password;
++	char * password = NULL;
+ 	unsigned int passwordlen;
+-
+ 	unsigned int changepw;
+ 
+-	passwdcrypt = ses.authstate.pw_passwd;
+-
+-#ifdef DEBUG_HACKCRYPT
+-	/* debugging crypt for non-root testing with shadows */
+-	passwdcrypt = DEBUG_HACKCRYPT;
+-#endif
+-
+ 	/* check if client wants to change password */
+ 	changepw = buf_getbool(ses.payload);
+ 	if (changepw) {
+@@ -73,12 +65,21 @@ void svr_auth_password() {
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	password = buf_getstring(ses.payload, &passwordlen);
+-
+-	/* the first bytes of passwdcrypt are the salt */
+-	testcrypt = crypt(password, passwdcrypt);
++	if (valid_user) {
++		/* the first bytes of passwdcrypt are the salt */
++		passwdcrypt = ses.authstate.pw_passwd;
++		testcrypt = crypt(password, passwdcrypt);
++	}
+ 	m_burn(password, passwordlen);
+ 	m_free(password);
+ 
++	/* After we have got the payload contents we can exit if the username
++	is invalid. Invalid users have already been logged. */
++	if (!valid_user) {
++		send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
++		return;
++	}
++
+ 	if (testcrypt == NULL) {
+ 		/* crypt() with an invalid salt like "!!" */
+ 		dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "User account '%s' is locked",
+diff --git a/svr-authpubkey.c b/svr-authpubkey.c
+index aa6087c9..ff481c87 100644
+--- a/svr-authpubkey.c
++++ b/svr-authpubkey.c
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int checkfileperm(char * filename);
+ 
+ /* process a pubkey auth request, sending success or failure message as
+  * appropriate */
+-void svr_auth_pubkey() {
++void svr_auth_pubkey(int valid_user) {
+ 
+ 	unsigned char testkey; /* whether we're just checking if a key is usable */
+ 	char* algo = NULL; /* pubkey algo */
+@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ void svr_auth_pubkey() {
+ 	keybloblen = buf_getint(ses.payload);
+ 	keyblob = buf_getptr(ses.payload, keybloblen);
+ 
++	if (!valid_user) {
++		/* Return failure once we have read the contents of the packet
++		required to validate a public key. 
++		Avoids blind user enumeration though it isn't possible to prevent
++		testing for user existence if the public key is known */
++		send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 0);
++		goto out;
++	}
++
+ 	/* check if the key is valid */
+ 	if (checkpubkey(algo, algolen, keyblob, keybloblen) == DROPBEAR_FAILURE) {
+ 		send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 0);
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
index a58ebff48..03c4e3cc0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ssh.scm
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ TCP, not the SSH protocol.")
               (uri (string-append
                     "https://matt.ucc.asn.au/" name "/releases/"
                     name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+              (patches (search-patches "dropbear-CVE-2018-15599.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0rgavbzw7jrs5wslxm0dnwx2m409yzxd9hazd92r7kx8xikr3yzj"))))
-- 
2.18.0