uploadserver 6.0.2__tar.gz → 6.0.3__tar.gz

{uploadserver-6.0.2/uploadserver.egg-info → uploadserver-6.0.3}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: uploadserver
-Version: 6.0.2
+Version: 6.0.3
 Summary: Python's http.server extended to include a file upload page
 Home-page: https://github.com/Densaugeo/uploadserver
 Author: Densaugeo
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ options:
 - File field in upload form renamed from `file_1` to `files`, to reflect support for multiple file upload. Scripts using cURL will need to be upadted with the new field name.
 - Successful uploads now respond with 204 No Content instead of 200 OK, so that cURL will not default to printing the upload page at the terminal.
 
+## Security Issues
+
+- Patched in `6.0.3`: Timing side channel. Introduced in `1.0.0`. Unpatched versions using the `--basic-auth`, `--basic-auth-upload`, or `--token` options are vulnerable to revealing password information through response timing.
+- Patched in `6.0.2`: DoS vulnerability. Introduced in `4.1.0`. Unpatched versions using the `--basic-auth` or `--basic-auth-upload` options generate stack traces in response to certain requests, which could be used to pollute logs or exhaust storage.
+
 ## Acknowledgements
 
 Much of `main()` was copied from Python's `http.server`.
@@ -217,4 +222,6 @@ Thanks to shuangye for finding an easy way to handle large file uploads, and imp
 
 Thanks to abbbe for adding HTTP basic auth (has now replaced the token option).
 
+Thanks to 0xLordMahesh for reporting the timing side channel and DoS vulnerabilities patched in 6.0.2 and 6.0.3.
+
 Thanks to SimarMugattarov, theo543, and poshul for minor updates.

{uploadserver-6.0.2 → uploadserver-6.0.3}/README.md

@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ options:
 - File field in upload form renamed from `file_1` to `files`, to reflect support for multiple file upload. Scripts using cURL will need to be upadted with the new field name.
 - Successful uploads now respond with 204 No Content instead of 200 OK, so that cURL will not default to printing the upload page at the terminal.
 
+## Security Issues
+
+- Patched in `6.0.3`: Timing side channel. Introduced in `1.0.0`. Unpatched versions using the `--basic-auth`, `--basic-auth-upload`, or `--token` options are vulnerable to revealing password information through response timing.
+- Patched in `6.0.2`: DoS vulnerability. Introduced in `4.1.0`. Unpatched versions using the `--basic-auth` or `--basic-auth-upload` options generate stack traces in response to certain requests, which could be used to pollute logs or exhaust storage.
+
 ## Acknowledgements
 
 Much of `main()` was copied from Python's `http.server`.
@@ -194,4 +199,6 @@ Thanks to shuangye for finding an easy way to handle large file uploads, and imp
 
 Thanks to abbbe for adding HTTP basic auth (has now replaced the token option).
 
+Thanks to 0xLordMahesh for reporting the timing side channel and DoS vulnerabilities patched in 6.0.2 and 6.0.3.
+
 Thanks to SimarMugattarov, theo543, and poshul for minor updates.

{uploadserver-6.0.2 → uploadserver-6.0.3}/setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open('README.md', 'r') as fh:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='uploadserver',
-    version='6.0.2',
+    version='6.0.3',
     author='Densaugeo',
     author_email='author@example.com',
     description='Python\'s http.server extended to include a file upload page',

{uploadserver-6.0.2 → uploadserver-6.0.3}/uploadserver/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import http.server, http, pathlib, sys, argparse, ssl, os, builtins, tempfile
-import ipaddress
+import ipaddress, hmac
 import base64, binascii, functools, contextlib
 
 # Does not seem to do be used, but leaving this import out causes uploadserver
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def receive_upload(handler: http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler,
 
 # True return type is tuple[bool, str | None], but Python 3.9 doesn't support |
 def check_http_authentication_header(
-handler: http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler, auth: str,
+handler: http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler, auth: tuple[bytes, bytes],
 ) -> tuple[bool, str]:
     auth_header = handler.headers.get('Authorization')
     if auth_header is None:
@@ -187,9 +187,11 @@ handler: http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler, auth: str,
         return (False, 'Credentials incorrectly formatted')
     
     http_username, http_password = http_username_password.split(':', 1)
-    args_username, args_password = auth.split(':', 1)
-    if http_username != args_username: return (False, 'Bad username')
-    if http_password != args_password: return (False, 'Bad password')
+    args_username, args_password = auth
+    if not hmac.compare_digest(bytes(http_username, 'utf8'), args_username):
+        return (False, 'Bad username')
+    if not hmac.compare_digest(bytes(http_password, 'utf8'), args_password):
+        return (False, 'Bad password')
     
     return (True, None)
 
@@ -206,12 +208,12 @@ def check_http_authentication(handler: http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler
             return True
         
         # If only --basic-auth is supplied, it's used for all requests
-        valid, message = check_http_authentication_header(handler, args.basic_auth)
+        valid, message = check_http_authentication_header(handler, basic_auth)
     else:
         # If --basic-auth-upload is supplied, it's always required for /upload
         if handler.path == '/upload':
             valid, message = check_http_authentication_header(handler,
-                args.basic_auth_upload)
+                basic_auth_upload)
         else:
             # For paths outside /upload, no auth is required when --basic-auth
             # is not supplied
@@ -221,10 +223,12 @@ def check_http_authentication(handler: http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler
             # For paths outise /upload, if both auths are supplied both are
             # accepted
             else:
-                valid, message = check_http_authentication_header(handler, args.basic_auth)
+                valid, message = check_http_authentication_header(handler,
+                    basic_auth)
                 
                 if not valid:
-                    valid, message = check_http_authentication_header(handler, args.basic_auth_upload)
+                    valid, message = check_http_authentication_header(handler,
+                        basic_auth_upload)
     
     if not valid:
         handler.log_message('Request rejected (%s)', message)
@@ -422,7 +426,7 @@ def serve_forever():
     )
 
 def main():
-    global args
+    global args, basic_auth, basic_auth_upload
     
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('port', type=int, default=8000, nargs='?',
@@ -463,4 +467,13 @@ def main():
                 'argument.'
             )
     
+    # Cache bytes() conversions of auth values, to prevent leaking information
+    # via timing (issue #53)
+    if args.basic_auth:
+        username, password = args.basic_auth.split(':', 1)
+        basic_auth = (bytes(username, 'utf8'), bytes(password, 'utf8'))
+    if args.basic_auth_upload:
+        username, password = args.basic_auth_upload.split(':', 1)
+        basic_auth_upload = (bytes(username, 'utf8'), bytes(password, 'utf8'))
+    
     serve_forever()

{uploadserver-6.0.2 → uploadserver-6.0.3/uploadserver.egg-info}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: uploadserver
-Version: 6.0.2
+Version: 6.0.3
 Summary: Python's http.server extended to include a file upload page
 Home-page: https://github.com/Densaugeo/uploadserver
 Author: Densaugeo
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ options:
 - File field in upload form renamed from `file_1` to `files`, to reflect support for multiple file upload. Scripts using cURL will need to be upadted with the new field name.
 - Successful uploads now respond with 204 No Content instead of 200 OK, so that cURL will not default to printing the upload page at the terminal.
 
+## Security Issues
+
+- Patched in `6.0.3`: Timing side channel. Introduced in `1.0.0`. Unpatched versions using the `--basic-auth`, `--basic-auth-upload`, or `--token` options are vulnerable to revealing password information through response timing.
+- Patched in `6.0.2`: DoS vulnerability. Introduced in `4.1.0`. Unpatched versions using the `--basic-auth` or `--basic-auth-upload` options generate stack traces in response to certain requests, which could be used to pollute logs or exhaust storage.
+
 ## Acknowledgements
 
 Much of `main()` was copied from Python's `http.server`.
@@ -217,4 +222,6 @@ Thanks to shuangye for finding an easy way to handle large file uploads, and imp
 
 Thanks to abbbe for adding HTTP basic auth (has now replaced the token option).
 
+Thanks to 0xLordMahesh for reporting the timing side channel and DoS vulnerabilities patched in 6.0.2 and 6.0.3.
+
 Thanks to SimarMugattarov, theo543, and poshul for minor updates.