Simplify password check in pem_read_buffer()

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Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard 2013-07-09 16:35:23 +02:00
parent 791eed3f33
commit 7d4e5b739e
2 changed files with 8 additions and 16 deletions

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@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ void pem_init( pem_context *ctx );
* POLARSSL_ERR_PEM_NO_HEADER_FOOTER_PRESENT, use_len is
* the length to skip)
*
* \note Checks password correctness by verifying if the decrypted
* text looks like a RSAPrivateKey or ECPrivateKey structure
* \note Attempts to check password correctness by verifying if
* the decrypted text starts with an ASN.1 sequence of
* appropriate length
*
* \return 0 on success, ior a specific PEM error code
*/

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@ -333,21 +333,12 @@ int pem_read_buffer( pem_context *ctx, const char *header, const char *footer,
#endif /* POLARSSL_AES_C */
/*
* The result should look like RSAPrivateKey or ECPrivateKey
* We use the following heuristic:
* len must be more than 6
* byte 1 must be 0x30 (SEQUENCE tag)
* then allow for one to 3 length bytes
* then we must have 0x02 0x01 (INTEGER tag + length, for version)
* version must be less than 4 (leaves some room)
* The result will be ASN.1 starting with a SEQUENCE tag, with 1 to 3
* length bytes (allow 4 to be sure) in all known use cases.
*
* Use that as heurisitic to try detecting password mismatchs.
*/
if( ! ( len > 6 && buf[0] == 0x30 && (
( buf[1] <= 0x7f && /* 1 length byte */
buf[2] == 0x02 && buf[3] == 0x01 && buf[4] < 4 ) ||
( buf[1] == 0x81 && /* 2 length bytes */
buf[3] == 0x02 && buf[4] == 0x01 && buf[5] < 4 ) ||
( buf[1] == 0x82 && /* 2 length bytes */
buf[4] == 0x02 && buf[5] == 0x01 && buf[6] < 4 ) ) ) )
if( len <= 2 || buf[0] != 0x30 || buf[1] > 0x83 )
{
polarssl_free( buf );
return( POLARSSL_ERR_PEM_PASSWORD_MISMATCH );