Crash on nil-pointer dereference with malformed input

[stevenjohnstone]

See https://github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/issues/59 for background.

Program which exhibits the issue:

package main

import (
    "crypto/x509"
    "encoding/base64"
    "encoding/xml"
    "fmt"
    "time"

    saml2 "github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2"
    "github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/types"
    dsig "github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig"
)

const (
    timeString   = "2019-08-12T12:00:52.718Z"
    oktaMetadata = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><md:EntityDescriptor entityID="http://www.okta.com/exk133onomIuOW98z357" xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"><md:IDPSSODescriptor WantAuthnRequestsSigned="false" protocolSupportEnumeration="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"><md:KeyDescriptor use="signing"><ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"><ds:X509Data><ds:X509Certificate>MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIGAWxzAwX1MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEG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</ds:X509Certificate></ds:X509Data></ds:KeyInfo></md:KeyDescriptor><md:NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified</md:NameIDFormat><md:NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress</md:NameIDFormat><md:SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://dev-905251.okta.com/app/medev905251_test_1/exk133onomIuOW98z357/sso/saml"/><md:SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect" Location="https://dev-905251.okta.com/app/medev905251_test_1/exk133onomIuOW98z357/sso/saml"/></md:IDPSSODescriptor></md:EntityDescriptor>`

    badInput = `<p ID="5"o=""t=""n=""xmlns:saml2p=""s=""><saml2 t=""l=""></l><s s=""><s><s I=""><s><s m=""></m></s><s></e></e></o><s></e><s><s><s></X></X></o></e><saml2p l=""></l><saml2:Assertion ID="id1684056077776386493060641"IssueInstant="2019-08-12T12:00:52.718Z"Version="2.0"xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><saml2:Issuer Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:entity"xmlns="">http://www.okta.com/exk133onomIuOW98z357</l><ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"><ds:SignedInfo><ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/><ds:Reference URI="#id1684056077776386493060641"><ds:Transforms><ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/><ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"><ec:InclusiveNamespaces PrefixList="xs"xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/></m></s><ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/><ds:DigestValue>dC1cm0pLLjIWZC6G2Pmf0JogmqHztp9W1euXPd/TUHo=</e></e></o><ds></e><ds><ds><ds></X></X></o></e><saml2:Subject xmlns:=""><saml2:NameID Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified">steven.james.johnstone@gmail.com</l><saml2:SubjectConfirmation Method="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer"><saml2:SubjectConfirmationData InResponseTo="_40a419f5-5c1c-43d0-5834-5caf268a5f01"NotOnOrAfter="2019-08-12T12:05:52.718Z"Recipient="https://127.0.0.1/login"/></l></l><saml2:Conditions NotBefore="2019-08-12T11:55:52.718Z"NotOnOrAfter="2019-08-12T12:05:52.718Z"xmlns:=""><saml2:AudienceRestriction><saml2:Audience>37a8eec1ce19687d132fe29051dca629d164e2c4958ba141d5f4133a33f0688f.jazznetworks.com</l></l></l><saml2:AuthnStatement AuthnInstant="2019-08-12T12:00:52.718Z"SessionIndex="_40a419f5-5c1c-43d0-5834-5caf268a5f01"xmlns:=""><saml2:AuthnContext><saml2:AuthnContextClassRef>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:PasswordProtectedTransport</l></l></l><saml2:AttributeStatement xmlns:=""><saml2:Attribute Name="FirstName"NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified"><saml2:AttributeValue xmlns:=""xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xsi:type="xs:string">Steven</l></l><saml2:Attribute Name="LastName"NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified"><saml2:AttributeValue xmlns:=""xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xsi:type="xs:string">Johnstone</l></l><saml2:Attribute Name="Email"NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified"><saml2:AttributeValue xmlns:=""xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xsi:type="xs:string">steven.james.johnstone@gmail.com</l></l>`
)

func newServiceProvider() *saml2.SAMLServiceProvider {
    metadata := &types.EntityDescriptor{} // may need to support EntityDescriptors (plural)
    if err := xml.Unmarshal([]byte(oktaMetadata), metadata); err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    certStore := dsig.MemoryX509CertificateStore{
        Roots: []*x509.Certificate{},
    }

    for _, kd := range metadata.IDPSSODescriptor.KeyDescriptors {
        for _, xcert := range kd.KeyInfo.X509Data.X509Certificates {
            if xcert.Data == "" {
                panic("nope")
            }
            certData, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(xcert.Data)
            if err != nil {
                panic(err)
            }

            idpCert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(certData)
            if err != nil {
                panic(err)
            }

            certStore.Roots = append(certStore.Roots, idpCert)
        }
    }

    SSOs := metadata.IDPSSODescriptor.SingleSignOnServices

    tenantURI := "test.example.com"

    fakeTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, timeString)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    clock := dsig.NewFakeClockAt(fakeTime)

    return &saml2.SAMLServiceProvider{
        Clock:                       clock,
        IdentityProviderSSOURL:      SSOs[0].Location,
        IdentityProviderIssuer:      metadata.EntityID,
        ServiceProviderIssuer:       tenantURI,
        AssertionConsumerServiceURL: "https://127.0.0.1/login",
        SignAuthnRequests:           true,
        AudienceURI:                 tenantURI,
        IDPCertificateStore:         &certStore,
        ValidateEncryptionCert:      true,
    }
}

func main() {
    base64Input := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(badInput))
    if _, err := newServiceProvider().RetrieveAssertionInfo(base64Input); err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("error %v\n", err)
    }
}

Panic:

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x28 pc=0x66bca4]

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig.(*ValidationContext).validateSignature(0xc000154f88, 0xc00019c240, 0xc00019e4c0, 0xc000126580, 0x0, 0x1, 0x6010105)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/validate.go:275 +0x2b4
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig.(*ValidationContext).Validate(0xc000154f88, 0xc00017d560, 0xc00017d560, 0x0, 0x0)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/validate.go:466 +0xf3
github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2.(*SAMLServiceProvider).validateAssertionSignatures.func1(0xc000191080, 0xc0000ada40, 0x9, 0x1)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/decode_response.go:178 +0x2fc
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils.NSFindIterateCtx.func1(0xc000191080, 0xc0000ada40, 0xc000191080, 0x0)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils/namespace.go:281 +0x137
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils.NSTraverse(0xc000190ba0, 0xc0000ada40, 0xc000190b70, 0x0, 0x0)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils/namespace.go:148 +0x6e
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils.NSTraverse(0xc0000ccc60, 0xc0000ad4a0, 0xc000190b70, 0x30, 0x6ebda0)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils/namespace.go:155 +0xe5
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils.NSFindIterateCtx(0xc0000ccc60, 0xc0000ad4a0, 0x71c4d1, 0x25, 0x712a6e, 0x9, 0xc000190b40, 0x7152c8, 0x12)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils/namespace.go:268 +0xa4
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils.NSFindIterate(...)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/etreeutils/namespace.go:257
github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2.(*SAMLServiceProvider).validateAssertionSignatures(0xc000164000, 0xc0000ad4a0, 0x0, 0x0)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/decode_response.go:200 +0xed
github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2.(*SAMLServiceProvider).ValidateEncodedResponse(0xc000164000, 0xc000143000, 0xe24, 0xc000013510, 0xc00015e000, 0xc0000d8b40)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/decode_response.go:248 +0x30e
github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2.(*SAMLServiceProvider).RetrieveAssertionInfo(0xc000164000, 0xc000143000, 0xe24, 0xa9b, 0xc000143000, 0xe24)
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/retrieve_assertion.go:40 +0x9b
main.main()
    /goroot/go/src/github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/crasher/main.go:93 +0xb6
exit status 2

Potential fix:

diff --git a/validate.go b/validate.go
index 55feb39..fe63af4 100644
--- a/validate.go
+++ b/validate.go
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ func (ctx *ValidationContext) validateSignature(el *etree.Element, sig *types.Si
                return nil, errors.New("Signature could not be verified")
        }

+       if sig.SignatureValue == nil {
+               return nil, errors.New("nil signature value")
+       }
+
        // Decode the 'SignatureValue' so we can compare against it
        decodedSignature, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(sig.SignatureValue.Data)
        if err != nil {

[carnil]

This issue seem to have CVE-2020-7711 assigned.

[p-rog]

Will this issue be addressed?

[harshithagowda]

Any updates on this fixing this issue? Snyk is logging a high severity security vulnerability with this repo due to this issue. Any high severity vulnerability in a library of this nature, means it is currently unsuitable for enterprise projects.

[Kentamanos]

While this bug was filed against goxmldsig, it appears the test program above actually tests it using the saml2 library, and this seems to have been fixed (2 days ago) in the saml2 library. I can't get the test program to crash and it seems @russellhaering added code to make sure valid XML was being used here: https://github.com/russellhaering/gosaml2/commit/0f0fb74d103c2e42a10a5379151619502fecc57b#diff-184d234308543ccf5984a0bfe952dbde13d02450a1b1d872c19b3184b646007dR375-R376

I suppose this means goxmldsig might technically still have a CVE, but if it's being used from the saml2 library (which is my case and why I was asked to look at this), it appears to be mitigated?

[russellhaering-okta]

Hey, sorry for the silence here. I think this was fixed as a side-effect of our resolution to another issue a few months ago, but let me push a quick fix to make it explicit.

[eclipseo]

Hey, sorry for the silence here. I think this was fixed as a side-effect of our resolution to another issue a few months ago, but let me push a quick fix to make it explicit.

Can you please confirm that 1.1.0 is not affected anymore?

[aporcupine]

Created #71 to explicitly handle the case of SignatureValue being nil which is enough to close this one out once reviewed and merged.

[p-rog]

When will be a new release with official fix to CVE-2020-7711? It wasn't confirmed that the patch for CVE-2020-15216 also fixed this vulnerability.

[bssudhir]

Hey, sorry for the silence here. I think this was fixed as a side-effect of our resolution to another issue a few months ago, but let me push a quick fix to make it explicit.

Can you please confirm if this issue is fixed? Synk is still reporting this issue.

[budanm]

can you please release a security patch for CVE-2020-7711 and make it explicit? The whitesourcescan is still reporting this vulnerability in spite of having the version github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig v1.1.0.