[Python-checkins] [3.6] bpo-43285 Make ftplib not trust the PASV response. (GH-24838) (GH-24881) (GH-24882)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4134f154ae2f621f25c5d698cc0f1748035a1b88
commit: 4134f154ae2f621f25c5d698cc0f1748035a1b88
branch: 3.6
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: ned-deily <nad at python.org>
date: 2021-03-16T17:08:30-04:00
summary:

[3.6] bpo-43285 Make ftplib not trust the PASV response. (GH-24838) (GH-24881) (GH-24882)

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>
(cherry picked from commit 664d1d16274b47eea6ec92572e1ebf3939a6fa0c)

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-03-13-03-48-14.bpo-43285.g-Hah3.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
M Lib/ftplib.py
M Lib/test/test_ftplib.py

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index 296935adadd0c..561fb67d6696a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -2472,3 +2472,12 @@ separator key, with ``&`` as the default.  This change also affects
 functions internally. For more details, please see their respective
 documentation.
 (Contributed by Adam Goldschmidt, Senthil Kumaran and Ken Jin in :issue:`42967`.)
+
+Notable changes in Python 3.6.14
+================================
+
+A security fix alters the :class:`ftplib.FTP` behavior to not trust the
+IPv4 address sent from the remote server when setting up a passive data
+channel.  We reuse the ftp server IP address instead.  For unusual code
+requiring the old behavior, set a ``trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address``
+attribute on your FTP instance to ``True``.  (See :issue:`43285`)
diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index 2ff251a0f7d99..385e4324c6f5d 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ class FTP:
     welcome = None
     passiveserver = 1
     encoding = "latin-1"
+    # Disables https://bugs.python.org/issue43285 security if set to True.
+    trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address = False
 
     # Initialization method (called by class instantiation).
     # Initialize host to localhost, port to standard ftp port
@@ -333,8 +335,13 @@ 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 4ff2f71afb837..3ca7cc1c30cac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ def __init__(self, conn):
         self.rest = None
         self.next_retr_data = RETR_DATA
         self.push('220 welcome')
+        # 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)
@@ -136,7 +140,8 @@ def cmd_pasv(self, arg):
             sock.bind((self.socket.getsockname()[0], 0))
             sock.listen()
             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()
@@ -694,6 +699,26 @@ 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.



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