authentication: use hidden form instead of referer

This also gives us some CSRF protection. Note that we make use of the
hmac to protect the redirect value.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>

cgit.c

@@ -614,22 +614,19 @@ static inline void open_auth_filter(struct cgit_context *ctx, const char *functi
 		ctx->qry.url ? ctx->qry.url : "");
 }
 
+/* We intentionally keep this rather small, instead of looping and
+ * feeding it to the filter a couple bytes at a time. This way, the
+ * filter itself does not need to handle any denial of service or
+ * buffer bloat issues. If this winds up being too small, people
+ * will complain on the mailing list, and we'll increase it as needed. */
 #define MAX_AUTHENTICATION_POST_BYTES 4096
+/* The filter is expected to spit out "Status: " and all headers. */
 static inline void authenticate_post(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 {
-	if (ctx->env.http_referer && strlen(ctx->env.http_referer) > 0) {
-		html("Status: 302 Redirect\n");
-		html("Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store\n");
-		htmlf("Location: %s\n", ctx->env.http_referer);
-	} else {
-		html("Status: 501 Missing Referer\n");
-		html("Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store\n\n");
-		exit(0);
-	}
-
-	open_auth_filter(ctx, "authenticate-post");
 	char buffer[MAX_AUTHENTICATION_POST_BYTES];
 	int len;
+
+	open_auth_filter(ctx, "authenticate-post");
 	len = ctx->env.content_length;
 	if (len > MAX_AUTHENTICATION_POST_BYTES)
 		len = MAX_AUTHENTICATION_POST_BYTES;
@@ -637,10 +634,7 @@ static inline void authenticate_post(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 		die_errno("Could not read POST from stdin");
 	if (write(STDOUT_FILENO, buffer, len) < 0)
 		die_errno("Could not write POST to stdout");
-	/* The filter may now spit out a Set-Cookie: ... */
 	cgit_close_filter(ctx->cfg.auth_filter);
-
-	html("\n");
 	exit(0);
 }
 

cgitrc.5.txt

@@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ auth filter::
 	the http cookie and return a 0 if it is invalid or 1 if it is invalid,
 	in the exit code / close function. If the filter action is
 	"authenticate-post", this filter receives POST'd parameters on
-	standard input, and should write to output one or more "Set-Cookie"
+	standard input, and should write a complete CGI request, preferably
+	with a 302 redirect, and write to output one or more "Set-Cookie"
 	HTTP headers, each followed by a newline.
 
 	Please see `filters/simple-authentication.lua` for a clear example

filters/simple-authentication.lua

@@ -33,15 +33,28 @@ local secret = "BE SURE TO CUSTOMIZE THIS STRING TO SOMETHING BIG AND RANDOM"
 --
 --
 
--- Sets HTTP cookie headers based on post
+-- Sets HTTP cookie headers based on post and sets up redirection.
 function authenticate_post()
 	local password = users[post["username"]]
-	-- TODO: Implement time invariant string comparison function to mitigate against timing attack.
+	local redirect = validate_value(post["redirect"])
+
+	if redirect == nil then
+		not_found()
+		return 0
+	end
+
+	redirect_to(redirect)
+
+	-- TODO: Implement time invariant string comparison function to mitigate timing attack.
 	if password == nil or password ~= post["password"] then
-		construct_cookie("", "cgitauth")
+		set_cookie("cgitauth", "")
 	else
-		construct_cookie(post["username"], "cgitauth")
+		-- One week expiration time
+		local username = secure_value(post["username"], os.time() + 604800)
+		set_cookie("cgitauth", username)
 	end
+
+	html("\n")
 	return 0
 end
 
@@ -54,8 +67,8 @@ function authenticate_cookie()
 		return 1
 	end
 
-	local username = validate_cookie(get_cookie(http["cookie"], "cgitauth"))
-	if username == nil or not accepted_users[username] then
+	local username = validate_value(get_cookie(http["cookie"], "cgitauth"))
+	if username == nil or not accepted_users[username:lower()] then
 		return 0
 	else
 		return 1
@@ -68,6 +81,9 @@ function body()
 	html("<form method='post' action='")
 	html_attr(cgit["login"])
 	html("'>")
+	html("<input type='hidden' name='redirect' value='")
+	html_attr(secure_value(cgit["url"], 0))
+	html("' />")
 	html("<table>")
 	html("<tr><td><label for='username'>Username:</label></td><td><input id='username' name='username' autofocus /></td></tr>")
 	html("<tr><td><label for='password'>Password:</label></td><td><input id='password' name='password' type='password' /></td></tr>")
@@ -78,81 +94,10 @@ function body()
 end
 
 
---
---
--- Cookie construction and validation helpers.
---
---
-
-local crypto = require("crypto")
-
--- Returns username of cookie if cookie is valid. Otherwise returns nil.
-function validate_cookie(cookie)
-	local i = 0
-	local username = ""
-	local expiration = 0
-	local salt = ""
-	local hmac = ""
-
-	if cookie:len() < 3 or cookie:sub(1, 1) == "|" then
-		return nil
-	end
-
-	for component in string.gmatch(cookie, "[^|]+") do
-		if i == 0 then
-			username = component
-		elseif i == 1 then
-			expiration = tonumber(component)
-			if expiration == nil then
-				expiration = 0
-			end
-		elseif i == 2 then
-			salt = component
-		elseif i == 3 then
-			hmac = component
-		else
-			break
-		end
-		i = i + 1
-	end
-
-	if hmac == nil or hmac:len() == 0 then
-		return nil
-	end
-
-	-- TODO: implement time invariant comparison to prevent against timing attack.
-	if hmac ~= crypto.hmac.digest("sha1", username .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt, secret) then
-		return nil
-	end
-
-	if expiration <= os.time() then
-		return nil
-	end
-
-	return username:lower()
-end
-
-function construct_cookie(username, cookie)
-	local authstr = ""
-	if username:len() > 0 then
-		-- One week expiration time
-		local expiration = os.time() + 604800
-		local salt = crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(16))
-
-		authstr = username .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt
-		authstr = authstr .. "|" .. crypto.hmac.digest("sha1", authstr, secret)
-	end
-
-	html("Set-Cookie: " .. cookie .. "=" .. authstr .. "; HttpOnly")
-	if http["https"] == "yes" or http["https"] == "on" or http["https"] == "1" then
-		html("; secure")
-	end
-	html("\n")
-end
 
 --
 --
--- Wrapper around filter API follows below, exposing the http table, the cgit table, and the post table to the above functions.
+-- Wrapper around filter API, exposing the http table, the cgit table, and the post table to the above functions.
 --
 --
 
@@ -197,7 +142,7 @@ end
 
 --
 --
--- Utility functions follow below, based on keplerproject/wsapi.
+-- Utility functions based on keplerproject/wsapi.
 --
 --
 
@@ -211,6 +156,16 @@ function url_decode(str)
 	return str
 end
 
+function url_encode(str)
+	if not str then
+		return ""
+	end
+	str = string.gsub(str, "\n", "\r\n")
+	str = string.gsub(str, "([^%w ])", function (c) return string.format("%%%02X", string.byte(c)) end)
+	str = string.gsub(str, " ", "+")
+	return str
+end
+
 function parse_qs(qs)
 	local tab = {}
 	for key, val in string.gmatch(qs, "([^&=]+)=([^&=]*)&?") do
@@ -223,3 +178,90 @@ function get_cookie(cookies, name)
 	cookies = string.gsub(";" .. cookies .. ";", "%s*;%s*", ";")
 	return url_decode(string.match(cookies, ";" .. name .. "=(.-);"))
 end
+
+
+--
+--
+-- Cookie construction and validation helpers.
+--
+--
+
+local crypto = require("crypto")
+
+-- Returns value of cookie if cookie is valid. Otherwise returns nil.
+function validate_value(cookie)
+	local i = 0
+	local value = ""
+	local expiration = 0
+	local salt = ""
+	local hmac = ""
+
+	if cookie == nil or cookie:len() < 3 or cookie:sub(1, 1) == "|" then
+		return nil
+	end
+
+	for component in string.gmatch(cookie, "[^|]+") do
+		if i == 0 then
+			value = component
+		elseif i == 1 then
+			expiration = tonumber(component)
+			if expiration == nil then
+				expiration = 0
+			end
+		elseif i == 2 then
+			salt = component
+		elseif i == 3 then
+			hmac = component
+		else
+			break
+		end
+		i = i + 1
+	end
+
+	if hmac == nil or hmac:len() == 0 then
+		return nil
+	end
+
+	-- TODO: implement time invariant comparison to prevent against timing attack.
+	if hmac ~= crypto.hmac.digest("sha1", value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt, secret) then
+		return nil
+	end
+
+	if expiration ~= 0 and expiration <= os.time() then
+		return nil
+	end
+
+	return url_decode(value)
+end
+
+function secure_value(value, expiration)
+	if value == nil or value:len() <= 0 then
+		return ""
+	end
+
+	local authstr = ""
+	local salt = crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(16))
+	value = url_encode(value)
+	authstr = value .. "|" .. tostring(expiration) .. "|" .. salt
+	authstr = authstr .. "|" .. crypto.hmac.digest("sha1", authstr, secret)
+	return authstr
+end
+
+function set_cookie(cookie, value)
+	html("Set-Cookie: " .. cookie .. "=" .. value .. "; HttpOnly")
+	if http["https"] == "yes" or http["https"] == "on" or http["https"] == "1" then
+		html("; secure")
+	end
+	html("\n")
+end
+
+function redirect_to(url)
+	html("Status: 302 Redirect\n")
+	html("Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store\n")
+	html("Location: " .. url .. "\n")
+end
+
+function not_found()
+	html("Status: 404 Not Found\n")
+	html("Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store\n\n")
+end