[Python-checkins] bpo-43285 Make ftplib not trust the PASV response. (GH-24838)

[miss-islington]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7dcb4baa4f0fde3aef5122a8e9f6a41853ec9335
commit: 7dcb4baa4f0fde3aef5122a8e9f6a41853ec9335
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2021-03-15T12:02:45-07:00
summary:

bpo-43285 Make ftplib not trust the PASV response. (GH-24838)


bpo-43285: Make ftplib not trust the PASV response.

The IPv4 address value returned from the server in response to the PASV command
should not be trusted.  This prevents a malicious FTP server from using the
response to probe IPv4 address and port combinations on the client network.

Instead of using the returned address, we use the IP address we're
already connected to.  This is the strategy other ftp clients adopted,
and matches the only strategy available for the modern IPv6 EPSV command
where the server response must return a port number and nothing else.

For the rare user who _wants_ this ugly behavior, set a `trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address`
attribute on your `ftplib.FTP` instance to True.
(cherry picked from commit 0ab152c6b5d95caa2dc1a30fa96e10258b5f188e)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org>

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-03-13-03-48-14.bpo-43285.g-Hah3.rst
M Lib/ftplib.py
M Lib/test/test_ftplib.py

diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index 1f760ed1ce0bf..7c5a50715f6dc 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ class FTP:
     sock = None
     file = None
     welcome = None
-    passiveserver = 1
+    passiveserver = True
+    # Disables https://bugs.python.org/issue43285 security if set to True.
+    trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address = False
 
     def __init__(self, host='', user='', passwd='', acct='',
                  timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, source_address=None, *,
@@ -320,8 +322,13 @@ def makeport(self):
         return sock
 
     def makepasv(self):
+        """Internal: Does the PASV or EPSV handshake -> (address, port)"""
         if self.af == socket.AF_INET:
-            host, port = parse227(self.sendcmd('PASV'))
+            untrusted_host, port = parse227(self.sendcmd('PASV'))
+            if self.trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address:
+                host = untrusted_host
+            else:
+                host = self.sock.getpeername()[0]
         else:
             host, port = parse229(self.sendcmd('EPSV'), self.sock.getpeername())
         return host, port
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
index e424076d7d317..b76287bfe1c27 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ def __init__(self, conn, encoding=DEFAULT_ENCODING):
         self.next_retr_data = RETR_DATA
         self.push('220 welcome')
         self.encoding = encoding
+        # We use this as the string IPv4 address to direct the client
+        # to in response to a PASV command.  To test security behavior.
+        # https://bugs.python.org/issue43285/.
+        self.fake_pasv_server_ip = '252.253.254.255'
 
     def collect_incoming_data(self, data):
         self.in_buffer.append(data)
@@ -141,7 +145,8 @@ def cmd_port(self, arg):
     def cmd_pasv(self, arg):
         with socket.create_server((self.socket.getsockname()[0], 0)) as sock:
             sock.settimeout(TIMEOUT)
-            ip, port = sock.getsockname()[:2]
+            port = sock.getsockname()[1]
+            ip = self.fake_pasv_server_ip
             ip = ip.replace('.', ','); p1 = port / 256; p2 = port % 256
             self.push('227 entering passive mode (%s,%d,%d)' %(ip, p1, p2))
             conn, addr = sock.accept()
@@ -705,6 +710,26 @@ def test_makepasv(self):
         # IPv4 is in use, just make sure send_epsv has not been used
         self.assertEqual(self.server.handler_instance.last_received_cmd, 'pasv')
 
+    def test_makepasv_issue43285_security_disabled(self):
+        """Test the opt-in to the old vulnerable behavior."""
+        self.client.trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address = True
+        bad_host, port = self.client.makepasv()
+        self.assertEqual(
+                bad_host, self.server.handler_instance.fake_pasv_server_ip)
+        # Opening and closing a connection keeps the dummy server happy
+        # instead of timing out on accept.
+        socket.create_connection((self.client.sock.getpeername()[0], port),
+                                 timeout=TIMEOUT).close()
+
+    def test_makepasv_issue43285_security_enabled_default(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.client.trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address)
+        trusted_host, port = self.client.makepasv()
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+                trusted_host, self.server.handler_instance.fake_pasv_server_ip)
+        # Opening and closing a connection keeps the dummy server happy
+        # instead of timing out on accept.
+        socket.create_connection((trusted_host, port), timeout=TIMEOUT).close()
+
     def test_with_statement(self):
         self.client.quit()
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-03-13-03-48-14.bpo-43285.g-Hah3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-03-13-03-48-14.bpo-43285.g-Hah3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8312b7e885441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-03-13-03-48-14.bpo-43285.g-Hah3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+:mod:`ftplib` no longer trusts the IP address value returned from the server
+in response to the PASV command by default.  This prevents a malicious FTP
+server from using the response to probe IPv4 address and port combinations
+on the client network.
+
+Code that requires the former vulnerable behavior may set a
+``trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address`` attribute on their
+:class:`ftplib.FTP` instances to ``True`` to re-enable it.