nested_model_auth 0.0.1

data/.gitignore

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+*.gem
+*.rbc
+.bundle
+.config
+.yardoc
+Gemfile.lock
+InstalledFiles
+_yardoc
+coverage
+doc/
+lib/bundler/man
+pkg
+rdoc
+spec/reports
+test/tmp
+test/version_tmp
+tmp

data/Gemfile

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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in nested_model_auth.gemspec
+gemspec

data/LICENSE.txt

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+Copyright (c) 2012 John Cant
+
+MIT License
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.md

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+# NestedModelAuth
+
+nested\_model\_auth is a simple model based authentication nanoframework for use with ActiveRecord. All it does is provide convenient methods of determining whether a new or changed record should be allowed to be saved by a user. The goal is to provide a method which can be hooked into by <a href=https://github.com/ryanb/cancan>CanCan</a> to authorize saving of new or changed records to protect against mass assignment vulnerabilities. Please note that this gem does not depend on CanCan, and I don't presume to tell you how you _should_ use this gem, but only how to use it and how I intend to use it.
+
+# Mass assignment vulnerbilities? Why not just use attr\_protected or attr\_accessible?
+
+Imagine you have a collection of associated models which you want to mass assign. If you lock down some of the attributes using attr\_protected/attr\_accessible, then (1) You can't mass assign from the console and (2) The attributes are locked down for every user. It also seems weird to break such a powerful feature as mass assignment by having security built into it rather than called from the controller.
+
+If, instead, you use CanCan or something, you can use this gem to determine which users should be allowed to create or save which records. Think of it like a type of validation except that it depends on who tries to save the model, and that it prevents hacking and doesn't need to report back the errors.
+
+Called nested\_model\_auth because I plan on making it recursive amongst new records for nested mass assignment. The result of allow\_save\_by? is cached to prevent an infinite loop
+
+All feedback welcome!
+
+<pre>
+# Bad example here, but I hope it gets the point across
+
+class GroupMembership < ActiveRecord::Base
+
+  belongs\_to :group
+  belongs\_to :account
+
+  # Attributes are :group\_id, :account\_id, :role\_within\_group
+
+  allow\_save\_by do |account|
+    account_id == account.id
+  end
+
+  deny\_save\_by do |account|
+    unless account.site_admin?
+      group_id\_changed? if new_record? # This would prevent a hacker reassigning himself to a different group
+    end
+  end
+    
+end
+
+# Elsewhere in your code
+
+legit = Account.first.memberships.build(:role\_within\_group => "minion", :group\_id => @group.id)
+legit.allow\_save\_by(Account.first) # true
+legit.allow\_save\_by(Account.all[1]) # false
+
+# User adds himself to a group and becomes admin
+hack = @hacker.memberships.build(:role\_within\_group => "admin", :group\_id => Group.find\_by\_name("Nobody has heard of this one, and the hacker is the admin").id)
+hack.allow_save_by(@hacker)
+hack.save! # Worked. Legit so far...
+
+# Hacker PUTs to the update controller method but with different data
+hack.attributes={:role\_within\_group => "admin", :group\_id => Group.find\_by\_name("CIA - TOP SECRET! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD ANYONE BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THIS GROUP")}
+
+hack.allow\_save\_by(@hacker) # false - If we'd called this method from a CanCan rule, we would prevent the hack
+hack.allow\_save\_by(Account.where(:is\_site\_admin => true).first) # true - If we were a site admin, we would be permitted to use mass assignment to change this record.
+
+</pre>
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+    gem 'nested_model_auth'
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install nested_model_auth
+
+## Usage
+
+Please see above!
+
+## Testing
+
+Unfortunately there are no specs beyond those which I wrote in my proprietary web app. Because this gem is so simple, I didn't feel the need to write any specs. Feel free to contribute!
+
+## Contributing
+
+1. Fork it
+2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
+4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
+5. Create new Pull Request

data/Rakefile

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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"

data/lib/nested_model_auth.rb

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+require "nested_model_auth/version"
+
+module NestedModelAuth
+
+  class AuthorizationRule
+
+    attr_accessor :auth_action, :block
+
+    def initialize(auth_action, &block)
+      @auth_action = auth_action
+      @block = block
+    end
+
+    def invoke_for(model, resource)
+      model.instance_exec(resource, &@block)
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  module Base
+    def self.included(base)
+      base.class_eval do
+        extend ClassMethods
+        include InstanceMethods
+
+        cattr_accessor :authorization_rules
+        @@authorization_rules = {}
+
+        after_initialize do
+          @authorizations = {}
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    module InstanceMethods
+
+      def allow_save_by?(resource)
+        @authorizations[:save] ||= {}
+        @authorizations[:save][resource[resource.class.primary_key]] ||= run_authorization_rules(resource)
+      end
+
+      def run_authorization_rules(resource)
+        # To allow access, one :allow rule must return true, and NO deny rules must return true
+        allow_access = false
+        deny_access = false
+        self.class.authorization_rules[:save].each do |rule|
+
+          if rule.auth_action == :allow
+            allow_access ||= rule.invoke_for(self, resource)
+          end
+
+          if rule.auth_action == :deny
+            deny_access ||= rule.invoke_for(self, resource)
+            break if deny_access
+          end
+
+        end
+
+        if (allow_access && !deny_access)
+          true
+        else
+          false
+        end
+
+      end
+
+    end
+
+    module ClassMethods
+
+      def allow_save_by(&block)
+        self.authorization_rules[:save] ||= []
+        self.authorization_rules[:save] << AuthorizationRule.new(:allow, &block)
+      end
+
+      def deny_save_by(&block)
+        self.authorization_rules[:save] ||= []
+        self.authorization_rules[:save] << AuthorizationRule.new(:deny, &block)
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, NestedModelAuth::Base

data/lib/nested_model_auth/version.rb

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+module NestedModelAuth
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+end

data/nested_model_auth.gemspec

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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'nested_model_auth/version'
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
+  gem.name          = "nested_model_auth"
+  gem.version       = NestedModelAuth::VERSION
+  gem.authors       = ["John Cant"]
+  gem.email         = ["a.johncant@gmail.com"]
+  gem.description   = %q{model based authorization for new or edited records}
+  gem.summary       = %q{Protect your mass assignment by explicit authorization}
+  gem.homepage      = ""
+
+  gem.files         = `git ls-files`.split($/)
+  gem.executables   = gem.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  gem.test_files    = gem.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
+  gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: nested_model_auth
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.0.1
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- John Cant
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-12-04 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: model based authorization for new or edited records
+email:
+- a.johncant@gmail.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- .gitignore
+- Gemfile
+- LICENSE.txt
+- README.md
+- Rakefile
+- lib/nested_model_auth.rb
+- lib/nested_model_auth/version.rb
+- nested_model_auth.gemspec
+homepage: ''
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.24
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Protect your mass assignment by explicit authorization
+test_files: []