Fix length checks in X509_cmp_time to avoid out-of-bounds reads.

Also tighten X509_cmp_time to reject more than three fractional
seconds in the time; and to reject trailing garbage after the offset.

CVE-2015-1789

Reviewed-by: Viktor Dukhovni <viktor@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>

diff --git a/crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c b/crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c
index 4fa493c9ff60ccccd4c13c0aa120042bd76a8571..5269cc1274a21a3b2845a0d43093525640c9497b 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c
+++ b/crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c
@@ -1007,47 +1007,84 @@ int X509_cmp_time(ASN1_TIME *ctm, time_t *cmp_time)
     ASN1_TIME atm;
     long offset;
     char buff1[24], buff2[24], *p;
-    int i, j;
+    int i, j, remaining;
 
     p = buff1;
-    i = ctm->length;
+    remaining = ctm->length;
     str = (char *)ctm->data;
+    /*
+     * Note that the following (historical) code allows much more slack in the
+     * time format than RFC5280. In RFC5280, the representation is fixed:
+     * UTCTime: YYMMDDHHMMSSZ
+     * GeneralizedTime: YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ
+     */
     if (ctm->type == V_ASN1_UTCTIME) {
-        if ((i < 11) || (i > 17))
+        /* YYMMDDHHMM[SS]Z or YYMMDDHHMM[SS](+-)hhmm */
+        int min_length = sizeof("YYMMDDHHMMZ") - 1;
+        int max_length = sizeof("YYMMDDHHMMSS+hhmm") - 1;
+        if (remaining < min_length || remaining > max_length)
             return 0;
         memcpy(p, str, 10);
         p += 10;
         str += 10;
+        remaining -= 10;
     } else {
-        if (i < 13)
+        /* YYYYMMDDHHMM[SS[.fff]]Z or YYYYMMDDHHMM[SS[.f[f[f]]]](+-)hhmm */
+        int min_length = sizeof("YYYYMMDDHHMMZ") - 1;
+        int max_length = sizeof("YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.fff+hhmm") - 1;
+        if (remaining < min_length || remaining > max_length)
             return 0;
         memcpy(p, str, 12);
         p += 12;
         str += 12;
+        remaining -= 12;
     }
 
     if ((*str == 'Z') || (*str == '-') || (*str == '+')) {
         *(p++) = '0';
         *(p++) = '0';
     } else {
+        /* SS (seconds) */
+        if (remaining < 2)
+            return 0;
         *(p++) = *(str++);
         *(p++) = *(str++);
-        /* Skip any fractional seconds... */
-        if (*str == '.') {
+        remaining -= 2;
+        /*
+         * Skip any (up to three) fractional seconds...
+         * TODO(emilia): in RFC5280, fractional seconds are forbidden.
+         * Can we just kill them altogether?
+         */
+        if (remaining && *str == '.') {
             str++;
-            while ((*str >= '0') && (*str <= '9'))
-                str++;
+            remaining--;
+            for (i = 0; i < 3 && remaining; i++, str++, remaining--) {
+                if (*str < '0' || *str > '9')
+                    break;
+            }
         }
 
     }
     *(p++) = 'Z';
     *(p++) = '\0';
 
-    if (*str == 'Z')
+    /* We now need either a terminating 'Z' or an offset. */
+    if (!remaining)
+        return 0;
+    if (*str == 'Z') {
+        if (remaining != 1)
+            return 0;
         offset = 0;
-    else {
+    } else {
+        /* (+-)HHMM */
         if ((*str != '+') && (*str != '-'))
             return 0;
+        /* Historical behaviour: the (+-)hhmm offset is forbidden in RFC5280. */
+        if (remaining != 5)
+            return 0;
+        if (str[1] < '0' || str[1] > '9' || str[2] < '0' || str[2] > '9' ||
+            str[3] < '0' || str[3] > '9' || str[4] < '0' || str[4] > '9')
+            return 0;
         offset = ((str[1] - '0') * 10 + (str[2] - '0')) * 60;
         offset += (str[3] - '0') * 10 + (str[4] - '0');
         if (*str == '-')