use the SAN type tag in Mbed TLS verify_hostname and get_cert_sans (#2614)

* use the SAN type tag in Mbed TLS verify_hostname and get_cert_sans

Mbed TLS keeps a subjectAltName entry's GeneralName tag in buf.tag and the bare value in buf.p / buf.len. verify_hostname ignored the tag, so a dNSName whose bytes equal an address authenticated that IP host, and an iPAddress or rfc822Name was matched as a DNS pattern. get_cert_sans looked for the tag inside the value, so it reported no entries for an ordinary certificate, or part of a dNSName as an entry of its own.

* Shorten the SAN type comments

---------

Co-authored-by: yhirose <yuji.hirose.bug@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
metsw24-max
2026-10-05 21:13:50 -04:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by yhirose
parent 6d1049462d
commit edc9760005
5 changed files with 184 additions and 70 deletions
+7
View File
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ if(HTTPLIB_IS_USING_OPENSSL)
WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY
)
# cert_san_types.pem: the bytes of each SAN read as the other type:
# DNS:a.zz is 97.46.122.122, IP:42.46.122.122 is "*.zz".
execute_process(
COMMAND ${OPENSSL_COMMAND} req -x509 -key key.pem -sha256 -days 3650 -nodes -subj /CN=san-types -addext subjectAltName=DNS:a.zz,IP:42.46.122.122 -out cert_san_types.pem
WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY
)
endif()
add_subdirectory(fuzzing)
+4
View File
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ openssl req -x509 -key key.pem -sha256 -days 3650 -nodes -subj "/CN=127.0.0.1" -
# different address. The SAN address must match; the CN address
# must be ignored.
openssl req -x509 -key key.pem -sha256 -days 3650 -nodes -subj "/CN=::1" -addext "subjectAltName=IP:2001:db8::1" -out cert_ipv6.pem
# cert_san_types.pem: the bytes of each SAN read as the other type:
# DNS:a.zz is 97.46.122.122, IP:42.46.122.122 is "*.zz".
openssl req -x509 -key key.pem -sha256 -days 3650 -nodes -subj "/CN=san-types" -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:a.zz,IP:42.46.122.122" -out cert_san_types.pem
+11 -1
View File
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ cert_ipv6_pem = custom_target(
command: [openssl, 'req', '-x509', '-key', '@INPUT@', '-sha256', '-days', '3650', '-nodes', '-subj', '/CN=::1', '-addext', 'subjectAltName=IP:2001:db8::1', '-out', '@OUTPUT@']
)
# cert_san_types.pem: the bytes of each SAN read as the other type: DNS:a.zz is
# 97.46.122.122, IP:42.46.122.122 is "*.zz".
cert_san_types_pem = custom_target(
'cert_san_types_pem',
input: key_pem,
output: 'cert_san_types.pem',
command: [openssl, 'req', '-x509', '-key', '@INPUT@', '-sha256', '-days', '3650', '-nodes', '-subj', '/CN=san-types', '-addext', 'subjectAltName=DNS:a.zz,IP:42.46.122.122', '-out', '@OUTPUT@']
)
# Copy test files to the build directory
configure_file(input: 'ca-bundle.crt', output: 'ca-bundle.crt', copy: true)
configure_file(input: 'image.jpg', output: 'image.jpg', copy: true)
@@ -178,7 +187,8 @@ test(
client_encrypted_pbes1_key_pem,
client_encrypted_cert_pem,
cert_ip_cn_pem,
cert_ipv6_pem
cert_ipv6_pem,
cert_san_types_pem
],
workdir: meson.current_build_dir(),
timeout: 300
+118
View File
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ inline std::string u8_to_string(const char8_t *s) {
#define SERVER_CERT2_FILE "./cert2.pem"
#define SERVER_CERT_IP_CN_FILE "./cert_ip_cn.pem"
#define SERVER_CERT_IPV6_FILE "./cert_ipv6.pem"
#define SERVER_CERT_SAN_TYPES_FILE "./cert_san_types.pem"
#define SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE "./key.pem"
#define CA_CERT_FILE "./ca-bundle.crt"
#define CLIENT_CA_CERT_FILE "./rootCA.cert.pem"
@@ -14869,6 +14870,123 @@ TEST(SSLClientServerTest, TlsVerifyHostnameIpv6San) {
EXPECT_FALSE(cn_ipv6_matched)
<< "An IPv6 host must not be authenticated via the certificate CN";
}
// A SAN entry must only match a host of its own type: the bytes of the dNSName
// "a.zz" are also 97.46.122.122, and 42.46.122.122 reads as "*.zz".
TEST(SSLClientServerTest, TlsVerifyHostnameSanType) {
using namespace httplib::tls;
// SANs: DNS:a.zz, IP:42.46.122.122
SSLServer svr(SERVER_CERT_SAN_TYPES_FILE, SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE);
ASSERT_TRUE(svr.is_valid());
svr.Get("/test", [](const Request &, Response &res) {
res.set_content("ok", "text/plain");
});
auto port = svr.bind_to_any_port(HOST);
thread t([&]() { svr.listen_after_bind(); });
auto se = detail::scope_exit([&] {
svr.stop();
t.join();
});
svr.wait_until_ready();
bool verify_callback_called = false;
bool dns_san_matched = false;
bool ip_san_matched = false;
bool ip_matched_via_dns_san = true;
bool dns_matched_via_ip_san = true;
SSLClient cli(HOST, port);
cli.enable_server_certificate_verification(true);
cli.set_ca_cert_path(CA_CERT_FILE);
cli.set_connection_timeout(5);
cli.set_server_certificate_verifier([&](const VerifyContext &ctx) -> bool {
verify_callback_called = true;
if (!ctx.cert) return false;
dns_san_matched = ctx.check_hostname("a.zz");
ip_san_matched = ctx.check_hostname("42.46.122.122");
ip_matched_via_dns_san = ctx.check_hostname("97.46.122.122");
dns_matched_via_ip_san = ctx.check_hostname("b.zz");
return true; // Accept for the purpose of this test
});
cli.Get("/test");
ASSERT_TRUE(verify_callback_called)
<< "Verify callback should have been called";
EXPECT_TRUE(dns_san_matched) << "verify_hostname should match a dNSName SAN";
EXPECT_TRUE(ip_san_matched)
<< "verify_hostname should match an iPAddress SAN";
EXPECT_FALSE(ip_matched_via_dns_san)
<< "An IP host must not be authenticated via a dNSName SAN";
EXPECT_FALSE(dns_matched_via_ip_san)
<< "A DNS host must not be authenticated via an iPAddress SAN";
}
// sans() must report each SAN entry under its own type.
TEST(SSLClientServerTest, TlsCertSansEntryTypes) {
using namespace httplib::tls;
// SANs: DNS:a.zz, IP:42.46.122.122
SSLServer svr(SERVER_CERT_SAN_TYPES_FILE, SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE);
ASSERT_TRUE(svr.is_valid());
svr.Get("/test", [](const Request &, Response &res) {
res.set_content("ok", "text/plain");
});
auto port = svr.bind_to_any_port(HOST);
thread t([&]() { svr.listen_after_bind(); });
auto se = detail::scope_exit([&] {
svr.stop();
t.join();
});
svr.wait_until_ready();
bool verify_callback_called = false;
std::vector<SanEntry> sans;
SSLClient cli(HOST, port);
cli.enable_server_certificate_verification(true);
cli.set_ca_cert_path(CA_CERT_FILE);
cli.set_connection_timeout(5);
cli.set_server_certificate_verifier([&](const VerifyContext &ctx) -> bool {
verify_callback_called = true;
if (!ctx.cert) return false;
sans = ctx.sans();
return true; // Accept for the purpose of this test
});
cli.Get("/test");
ASSERT_TRUE(verify_callback_called)
<< "Verify callback should have been called";
auto has_san = [&](SanType type, const std::string &value) {
return std::any_of(sans.begin(), sans.end(), [&](const SanEntry &san) {
return san.type == type && san.value == value;
});
};
EXPECT_TRUE(has_san(SanType::DNS, "a.zz"))
<< "sans() should report the dNSName SAN";
EXPECT_TRUE(has_san(SanType::IP, "42.46.122.122"))
<< "sans() should report the iPAddress SAN";
EXPECT_FALSE(has_san(SanType::IP, "97.46.122.122"))
<< "sans() must not report the dNSName SAN as an address";
EXPECT_FALSE(has_san(SanType::DNS, "*.zz"))
<< "sans() must not report the iPAddress SAN as a DNS name";
}
#endif
// mbedTLS-specific callback constructor test