Bug 971347 - Fix autoconfig vulnerable to active MITM attacks for all domains (including the ones in ISPDB)

Tag #1273
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Matt A. Tobin 2019-11-11 00:37:33 -05:00 committed by Roy Tam
commit 0f7827bc8d
4 changed files with 153 additions and 77 deletions

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@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ EmailConfigWizard.prototype =
/**
* Start from beginning with possibly new email address.
*/
onStartOver : function()
{
onStartOver : function() {
this._currentConfig = null;
if (this._abortable) {
this.onStop();
}
@ -640,8 +640,9 @@ EmailConfigWizard.prototype =
self._abortable = guessConfig(domain,
function(type, hostname, port, ssl, done, config) // progress
{
gEmailWizardLogger.info("progress callback host " + hostname +
" port " + port + " type " + type);
var msg = hostname + ":" + port + " ssl=" + ssl + " " +
type + ": progress callback";
gEmailWizardLogger.info(msg);
},
function(config) // success
{

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@ -63,52 +63,49 @@ function fetchConfigFromISP(domain, emailAddress, successCallback,
return;
}
let url1 = "http://autoconfig." + sanitize.hostname(domain) +
"/mail/config-v1.1.xml";
let conf1 = "autoconfig." + sanitize.hostname(domain) +
"/mail/config-v1.1.xml";
// .well-known/ <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nottingham-site-meta-04>
let url2 = "http://" + sanitize.hostname(domain) +
"/.well-known/autoconfig/mail/config-v1.1.xml";
let conf2 = sanitize.hostname(domain) +
"/.well-known/autoconfig/mail/config-v1.1.xml";
// This list is sorted by decreasing priority
var urls = ["https://" + conf1, "https://" + conf2];
if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref("mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.sslOnly")) {
urls.push("http://" + conf1, "http://" + conf2);
}
let sucAbortable = new SuccessiveAbortable();
var time = Date.now();
var urlArgs = { emailaddress: emailAddress };
if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(
"mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.sendEmailAddress")) {
delete urlArgs.emailaddress;
}
let fetch1 = new FetchHTTP(url1, urlArgs, false,
function(result)
{
successCallback(readFromXML(result));
},
function(e1) // fetch1 failed
{
ddump("fetchisp 1 <" + url1 + "> took " + (Date.now() - time) +
"ms and failed with " + e1);
time = Date.now();
if (e1 instanceof CancelledException)
{
errorCallback(e1);
return;
}
var time;
let fetch2 = new FetchHTTP(url2, urlArgs, false,
function(result)
{
successCallback(readFromXML(result));
},
function(e2)
{
ddump("fetchisp 2 <" + url2 + "> took " + (Date.now() - time) +
"ms and failed with " + e2);
// return the error for the primary call,
// unless the fetch was cancelled
errorCallback(e2 instanceof CancelledException ? e2 : e1);
});
sucAbortable.current = fetch2;
fetch2.start();
});
sucAbortable.current = fetch1;
fetch1.start();
let success = function(result) {
successCallback(readFromXML(result));
};
let error = function(i, e) {
ddump("fetchisp " + i + " <" + urls[i] + "> took " +
(Date.now() - time) + "ms and failed with " + e);
if (i == urls.length - 1 || // implies all fetches failed
e instanceof CancelledException) {
errorCallback(e);
return;
}
let fetch = new FetchHTTP(urls[i + 1], urlArgs, false, success,
function(e) { error(i + 1, e) });
sucAbortable.current = fetch;
time = Date.now();
fetch.start();
};
let fetch = new FetchHTTP(urls[0], urlArgs, false, success,
function(e) { error(0, e) });
sucAbortable.current = fetch;
time = Date.now();
fetch.start();
return sucAbortable;
}

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@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
Cu.import("resource:///modules/gloda/log4moz.js");
Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
var TIMEOUT = 10; // in seconds
// This is a bit ugly - we set outgoingDone to false
// when emailWizard.js cancels the outgoing probe because the user picked
// an outoing server. It does this by poking the probeAbortable object,
@ -411,6 +409,7 @@ HostDetector.prototype =
{ "imap" : IMAP, "pop3" : POP, "smtp" : SMTP }, UNKNOWN);
if (!port)
port = UNKNOWN;
var ssl_only = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("mailnews.auto_config.guess.sslOnly");
var ssl = ConvertSocketTypeToSSL(socketType);
this._cancel = false;
this._log.info("doing auto detect for protocol " + protocol +
@ -434,8 +433,13 @@ HostDetector.prototype =
for (let j = 0; j < hostEntries.length; j++)
{
let hostTry = hostEntries[j]; // from getHostEntry()
if (ssl_only && hostTry.ssl == NONE)
continue;
hostTry.hostname = hostname;
hostTry.status = kNotTried;
hostTry.desc = hostTry.hostname + ":" + hostTry.port +
" ssl=" + hostTry.ssl + " " +
protocolToString(hostTry.protocol);
this._hostsToTry.push(hostTry);
}
}
@ -453,21 +457,25 @@ HostDetector.prototype =
if (this._cancel)
return;
var me = this;
for (let i = 0; i < this._hostsToTry.length; i++)
{
let thisTry = this._hostsToTry[i]; // {HostTry}
if (thisTry.status != kNotTried)
continue;
this._log.info("poking at " + thisTry.hostname + " port " +
thisTry.port + " ssl "+ thisTry.ssl + " protocol " +
protocolToString(thisTry.protocol));
if (i == 0) // showing 50 servers at once is pointless
this.mProgressCallback(thisTry);
var timeout = Services.prefs.getIntPref("mailnews.auto_config.guess.timeout");
// We assume we'll resolve the same proxy for all tries, and
// proceed to use the first resolved proxy for all tries. This
// assumption is generally sound, but not always: mechanisms like
// the pref network.proxy.no_proxies_on can make imap.domain and
// pop.domain resolve differently.
doProxy(this._hostsToTry[0].hostname, function(proxy) {
for (let i = 0; i < me._hostsToTry.length; i++) {
let thisTry = me._hostsToTry[i]; // {HostTry}
if (thisTry.status != kNotTried)
continue;
me._log.info(thisTry.desc + ": initializing probe...");
if (i == 0) // showing 50 servers at once is pointless
me.mProgressCallback(thisTry);
thisTry.abortable = SocketUtil(
thisTry.abortable = SocketUtil(
thisTry.hostname, thisTry.port, thisTry.ssl,
thisTry.commands, TIMEOUT,
new SSLErrorHandler(thisTry, this._log),
thisTry.commands, timeout, proxy,
new SSLErrorHandler(thisTry, me._log),
function(wiredata) // result callback
{
if (me._cancel)
@ -480,12 +488,14 @@ HostDetector.prototype =
{
if (me._cancel)
return; // who set cancel to true already called mErrorCallback()
me._log.warn(e);
me._log.warn(thisTry.desc + ": " + e);
thisTry.status = kFailed;
me._checkFinished();
});
thisTry.status = kOngoing;
}
}
);
thisTry.status = kOngoing;
}
});
},
/**
@ -507,7 +517,7 @@ HostDetector.prototype =
if (thisTry._gotCertError == Ci.nsICertOverrideService.ERROR_UNTRUSTED ||
thisTry._gotCertError == Ci.nsICertOverrideService.ERROR_TIME)
{
this._log.info("TRYING AGAIN, hopefully with exception recorded");
this._log.info(thisTry.desc + ": TRYING AGAIN, hopefully with exception recorded");
thisTry._gotCertError = 0;
thisTry.selfSignedCert = true; // _next_ run gets this exception
thisTry.status = kNotTried; // try again (with exception)
@ -518,22 +528,20 @@ HostDetector.prototype =
if (wiredata == null || wiredata === undefined)
{
this._log.info("no data");
this._log.info(thisTry.desc + ": no data");
thisTry.status = kFailed;
return;
}
this._log.info("wiredata: " + wiredata.join(""));
this._log.info(thisTry.desc + ": wiredata: " + wiredata.join(""));
thisTry.authMethods =
this._advertisesAuthMethods(thisTry.protocol, wiredata);
if (thisTry.ssl == TLS && !this._hasTLS(thisTry, wiredata))
{
this._log.info("STARTTLS wanted, but not offered");
this._log.info(thisTry.desc + ": STARTTLS wanted, but not offered");
thisTry.status = kFailed;
return;
}
this._log.info("success with " + thisTry.hostname + ":" +
thisTry.port + " " + protocolToString(thisTry.protocol) +
" ssl " + thisTry.ssl +
this._log.info(thisTry.desc + ": success" +
(thisTry.selfSignedCert ? " (selfSignedCert)" : ""));
thisTry.status = kSuccess;
@ -542,7 +550,8 @@ HostDetector.prototype =
// earlier we get into an infinite loop, probably because the cert
// remembering is temporary and the next try gets a new connection which
// isn't covered by that temporariness.
this._log.info("clearing validity override for " + thisTry.hostname);
this._log.info(thisTry.desc + ": clearing validity override for " +
thisTry.hostname);
Cc["@mozilla.org/security/certoverride;1"]
.getService(Ci.nsICertOverrideService)
.clearValidityOverride(thisTry.hostname, thisTry.port);
@ -1016,13 +1025,14 @@ SSLErrorHandler.prototype =
* @param commands {Array of String}: protocol commands
* to send to the server.
* @param timeout {Integer} seconds to wait for a server response, then cancel.
* @param proxy {nsIProxyInfo} The proxy to use (or null to not use any).
* @param sslErrorHandler {SSLErrorHandler}
* @param resultCallback {function(wiredata)} This function will
* be called with the result string array from the server
* or null if no communication occurred.
* @param errorCallback {function(e)}
*/
function SocketUtil(hostname, port, ssl, commands, timeout,
function SocketUtil(hostname, port, ssl, commands, timeout, proxy,
sslErrorHandler, resultCallback, errorCallback)
{
assert(commands && commands.length, "need commands");
@ -1061,7 +1071,7 @@ function SocketUtil(hostname, port, ssl, commands, timeout,
var socketTypeName = ssl == SSL ? "ssl" : (ssl == TLS ? "starttls" : null);
var transport = transportService.createTransport([socketTypeName],
ssl == NONE ? 0 : 1,
hostname, port, null);
hostname, port, proxy);
transport.setTimeout(Ci.nsISocketTransport.TIMEOUT_CONNECT, timeout);
transport.setTimeout(Ci.nsISocketTransport.TIMEOUT_READ_WRITE, timeout);
@ -1145,3 +1155,38 @@ SocketAbortable.prototype.cancel = function(ex)
}
}
/**
* Resolve a proxy for some domain and expose it via a callback.
*
* @param hostname {String} The hostname which a proxy will be resolved for
* @param resultCallback {function(proxyInfo)}
* Called after the proxy has been resolved for hostname.
* proxy {nsIProxyInfo} The resolved proxy, or null if none were found
* for hostname
*/
function doProxy(hostname, resultCallback) {
// This implements the nsIProtocolProxyCallback interface:
function ProxyResolveCallback() { }
ProxyResolveCallback.prototype = {
onProxyAvailable(req, uri, proxy, status) {
// Anything but a SOCKS proxy will be unusable for email.
if (proxy != null && proxy.type != "socks" &&
proxy.type != "socks4") {
proxy = null;
}
resultCallback(proxy);
},
};
var proxyService = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/protocol-proxy-service;1"]
.getService(Ci.nsIProtocolProxyService);
// Use some arbitrary scheme just because it is required...
var uri = Services.io.newURI("http://" + hostname);
// ... we'll ignore it any way. We prefer SOCKS since that's the
// only thing we can use for email protocols.
var proxyFlags = Ci.nsIProtocolProxyService.RESOLVE_IGNORE_URI_SCHEME |
Ci.nsIProtocolProxyService.RESOLVE_PREFER_SOCKS_PROXY;
if (Services.prefs.getBoolPref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns")) {
proxyFlags |= Ci.nsIProtocolProxyService.RESOLVE_ALWAYS_TUNNEL;
}
proxyService.asyncResolve(uri, proxyFlags, new ProxyResolveCallback());
}

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@ -870,13 +870,46 @@ pref("mailnews.emptyTrash.dontAskAgain", false);
pref("mailnews.auto_config_url", "https://live.mozillamessaging.com/autoconfig/v1.1/");
// Added in bug 551519. Remove when bug 545866 is fixed.
pref("mailnews.mx_service_url", "https://live.mozillamessaging.com/dns/mx/");
// Allow to contact ISP (email address domain)
// This happens via insecure means (HTTP), so the config cannot be trusted,
// and also contains the email address
// Allow to contact the ISP (email address domain).
// This may happen via insecure means (HTTP) susceptible to eavesdropping
// and MitM (see mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.sslOnly below).
pref("mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.enabled", true);
// Allow the fetch from ISP via HTTP, but not the email address
// Allow the username to be sent to the ISP when fetching.
// Note that the username will leak in plaintext if a non-SSL fetch is
// performed.
pref("mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.sendEmailAddress", true);
// Allow only SSL channels when fetching config from ISP.
// If false, an active attacker can block SSL fetches and then
// MITM the HTTP fetch, determining the config that is shown to the user.
// However:
// 1. The user still needs to explicitly approve the false config.
// 2. Most hosters that offer this ISP config do so on HTTP and not on HTTPS.
// That's because they direct customer domains (HTTP) to their provider
// config (HTTPS). If you set this to true, you simply break this mechanism.
// You will simply not get most configs.
// 3. There are guess config and AutoDiscover config mechanisms which
// have the exact same problem. In order to mitigate those additional
// vectors, set the following prefs accordingly:
// * mailnews.auto_config.guess.sslOnly = true
// * mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromExchange.enabled = false
// Not all mail servers support SSL so enabling this option might lock
// you out from your ISP. This especially affect internal mail servers.
pref("mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.sslOnly", false);
// Whether we will attempt to guess the account configuration based on
// protocol default ports and common domain practices
// (e.g. {mail,pop,imap,smtp}.<email-domain>).
pref("mailnews.auto_config.guess.enabled", true);
// Allow only SSL configs when guessing.
// An attacker could block SSL to force plaintext and thus be able to
// eavesdrop. Compared to mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.sslOnly
// the attacker cannot determine the config, just pick which one it
// likes best among those Thunderbird generates for the user based on
// the email address.
// Not all mail servers support SSL so enabling this option might lock
// you out from your ISP. This especially affect internal mail servers.
pref("mailnews.auto_config.guess.sslOnly", false);
// The timeout (in seconds) for each guess
pref("mailnews.auto_config.guess.timeout", 10);
// -- Summary Database options
// dontPreserveOnCopy: a space separated list of properties that are not