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#--
# Copyright 2006 by Chad Fowler, Rich Kilmer, Jim Weirich and others.
# All rights reserved.
# See LICENSE.txt for permissions.
#++
require 'rubygems/exceptions'
require 'fileutils'
begin
require 'openssl'
rescue LoadError => e
raise unless (e.respond_to?(:path) && e.path == 'openssl') ||
e.message =~ / -- openssl$/
end
##
# = Signing gems
#
# The Gem::Security implements cryptographic signatures for gems. The section
# below is a step-by-step guide to using signed gems and generating your own.
#
# == Walkthrough
#
# === Building your certificate
#
# In order to start signing your gems, you'll need to build a private key and
# a self-signed certificate. Here's how:
#
# # build a private key and certificate for yourself:
# $ gem cert --build you@example.com
#
# This could take anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two, depending on
# the speed of your computer (public key algorithms aren't exactly the
# speediest crypto algorithms in the world). When it's finished, you'll see
# the files "gem-private_key.pem" and "gem-public_cert.pem" in the current
# directory.
#
# First things first: Move both files to ~/.gem if you don't already have a
# key and certificate in that directory. Ensure the file permissions make the
# key unreadable by others (by default the file is saved securely).
#
# Keep your private key hidden; if it's compromised, someone can sign packages
# as you (note: PKI has ways of mitigating the risk of stolen keys; more on
# that later).
#
# === Signing Gems
#
# In RubyGems 2 and newer there is no extra work to sign a gem. RubyGems will
# automatically find your key and certificate in your home directory and use
# them to sign newly packaged gems.
#
# If your certificate is not self-signed (signed by a third party) RubyGems
# will attempt to load the certificate chain from the trusted certificates.
# Use <code>gem cert --add signing_cert.pem</code> to add your signers as
# trusted certificates. See below for further information on certificate
# chains.
#
# If you build your gem it will automatically be signed. If you peek inside
# your gem file, you'll see a couple of new files have been added:
#
# $ tar tf your-gem-1.0.gem
# metadata.gz
# metadata.gz.sum
# metadata.gz.sig # metadata signature
# data.tar.gz
# data.tar.gz.sum
# data.tar.gz.sig # data signature
#
# === Manually signing gems
#
# If you wish to store your key in a separate secure location you'll need to
# set your gems up for signing by hand. To do this, set the
# <code>signing_key</code> and <code>cert_chain</code> in the gemspec before
# packaging your gem:
#
# s.signing_key = '/secure/path/to/gem-private_key.pem'
# s.cert_chain = %w[/secure/path/to/gem-public_cert.pem]
#
# When you package your gem with these options set RubyGems will automatically
# load your key and certificate from the secure paths.
#
# === Signed gems and security policies
#
# Now let's verify the signature. Go ahead and install the gem, but add the
# following options: <code>-P HighSecurity</code>, like this:
#
# # install the gem with using the security policy "HighSecurity"
# $ sudo gem install your.gem -P HighSecurity
#
# The <code>-P</code> option sets your security policy -- we'll talk about
# that in just a minute. Eh, what's this?
#
# $ gem install -P HighSecurity your-gem-1.0.gem
# ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::Security::Exception)
# root cert /CN=you/DC=example is not trusted
#
# The culprit here is the security policy. RubyGems has several different
# security policies. Let's take a short break and go over the security
# policies. Here's a list of the available security policies, and a brief
# description of each one:
#
# * NoSecurity - Well, no security at all. Signed packages are treated like
# unsigned packages.
# * LowSecurity - Pretty much no security. If a package is signed then
# RubyGems will make sure the signature matches the signing
# certificate, and that the signing certificate hasn't expired, but
# that's it. A malicious user could easily circumvent this kind of
# security.
# * MediumSecurity - Better than LowSecurity and NoSecurity, but still
# fallible. Package contents are verified against the signing
# certificate, and the signing certificate is checked for validity,
# and checked against the rest of the certificate chain (if you don't
# know what a certificate chain is, stay tuned, we'll get to that).
# The biggest improvement over LowSecurity is that MediumSecurity
# won't install packages that are signed by untrusted sources.
# Unfortunately, MediumSecurity still isn't totally secure -- a
# malicious user can still unpack the gem, strip the signatures, and
# distribute the gem unsigned.
# * HighSecurity - Here's the bugger that got us into this mess.
# The HighSecurity policy is identical to the MediumSecurity policy,
# except that it does not allow unsigned gems. A malicious user
# doesn't have a whole lot of options here; they can't modify the
# package contents without invalidating the signature, and they can't
# modify or remove signature or the signing certificate chain, or
# RubyGems will simply refuse to install the package. Oh well, maybe
# they'll have better luck causing problems for CPAN users instead :).
#
# The reason RubyGems refused to install your shiny new signed gem was because
# it was from an untrusted source. Well, your code is infallible (naturally),
# so you need to add yourself as a trusted source:
#
# # add trusted certificate
# gem cert --add ~/.gem/gem-public_cert.pem
#
# You've now added your public certificate as a trusted source. Now you can
# install packages signed by your private key without any hassle. Let's try
# the install command above again:
#
# # install the gem with using the HighSecurity policy (and this time
# # without any shenanigans)
# $ gem install -P HighSecurity your-gem-1.0.gem
# Successfully installed your-gem-1.0
# 1 gem installed
#
# This time RubyGems will accept your signed package and begin installing.
#
# While you're waiting for RubyGems to work it's magic, have a look at some of
# the other security commands by running <code>gem help cert</code>:
#
# Options:
# -a, --add CERT Add a trusted certificate.
# -l, --list [FILTER] List trusted certificates where the
# subject contains FILTER
# -r, --remove FILTER Remove trusted certificates where the
# subject contains FILTER
# -b, --build EMAIL_ADDR Build private key and self-signed
# certificate for EMAIL_ADDR
# -C, --certificate CERT Signing certificate for --sign
# -K, --private-key KEY Key for --sign or --build
# -s, --sign CERT Signs CERT with the key from -K
# and the certificate from -C
#
# We've already covered the <code>--build</code> option, and the
# <code>--add</code>, <code>--list</code>, and <code>--remove</code> commands
# seem fairly straightforward; they allow you to add, list, and remove the
# certificates in your trusted certificate list. But what's with this
# <code>--sign</code> option?
#
# === Certificate chains
#
# To answer that question, let's take a look at "certificate chains", a
# concept I mentioned earlier. There are a couple of problems with
# self-signed certificates: first of all, self-signed certificates don't offer
# a whole lot of security. Sure, the certificate says Yukihiro Matsumoto, but
# how do I know it was actually generated and signed by matz himself unless he
# gave me the certificate in person?
#
# The second problem is scalability. Sure, if there are 50 gem authors, then
# I have 50 trusted certificates, no problem. What if there are 500 gem
# authors? 1000? Having to constantly add new trusted certificates is a
# pain, and it actually makes the trust system less secure by encouraging
# RubyGems users to blindly trust new certificates.
#
# Here's where certificate chains come in. A certificate chain establishes an
# arbitrarily long chain of trust between an issuing certificate and a child
# certificate. So instead of trusting certificates on a per-developer basis,
# we use the PKI concept of certificate chains to build a logical hierarchy of
# trust. Here's a hypothetical example of a trust hierarchy based (roughly)
# on geography:
#
# --------------------------
# | rubygems@rubygems.org |
# --------------------------
# |
# -----------------------------------
# | |
# ---------------------------- -----------------------------
# | seattlerb@seattlerb.org | | dcrubyists@richkilmer.com |
# ---------------------------- -----------------------------
# | | | |
# --------------- ---------------- ----------- --------------
# | drbrain | | zenspider | | pabs@dc | | tomcope@dc |
# --------------- ---------------- ----------- --------------
#
#
# Now, rather than having 4 trusted certificates (one for drbrain, zenspider,
# pabs@dc, and tomecope@dc), a user could actually get by with one
# certificate, the "rubygems@rubygems.org" certificate.
#
# Here's how it works:
#
# I install "rdoc-3.12.gem", a package signed by "drbrain". I've never heard
# of "drbrain", but his certificate has a valid signature from the
# "seattle.rb@seattlerb.org" certificate, which in turn has a valid signature
# from the "rubygems@rubygems.org" certificate. Voila! At this point, it's
# much more reasonable for me to trust a package signed by "drbrain", because
# I can establish a chain to "rubygems@rubygems.org", which I do trust.
#
# === Signing certificates
#
# The <code>--sign</code> option allows all this to happen. A developer
# creates their build certificate with the <code>--build</code> option, then
# has their certificate signed by taking it with them to their next regional
# Ruby meetup (in our hypothetical example), and it's signed there by the
# person holding the regional RubyGems signing certificate, which is signed at
# the next RubyConf by the holder of the top-level RubyGems certificate. At
# each point the issuer runs the same command:
#
# # sign a certificate with the specified key and certificate
# # (note that this modifies client_cert.pem!)
# $ gem cert -K /mnt/floppy/issuer-priv_key.pem -C issuer-pub_cert.pem
# --sign client_cert.pem
#
# Then the holder of issued certificate (in this case, your buddy "drbrain"),
# can start using this signed certificate to sign RubyGems. By the way, in
# order to let everyone else know about his new fancy signed certificate,
# "drbrain" would save his newly signed certificate as
# <code>~/.gem/gem-public_cert.pem</code>
#
# Obviously this RubyGems trust infrastructure doesn't exist yet. Also, in
# the "real world", issuers actually generate the child certificate from a
# certificate request, rather than sign an existing certificate. And our
# hypothetical infrastructure is missing a certificate revocation system.
# These are that can be fixed in the future...
#
# At this point you should know how to do all of these new and interesting
# things:
#
# * build a gem signing key and certificate
# * adjust your security policy
# * modify your trusted certificate list
# * sign a certificate
#
# == Manually verifying signatures
#
# In case you don't trust RubyGems you can verify gem signatures manually:
#
# 1. Fetch and unpack the gem
#
# gem fetch some_signed_gem
# tar -xf some_signed_gem-1.0.gem
#
# 2. Grab the public key from the gemspec
#
# gem spec some_signed_gem-1.0.gem cert_chain | \
# ruby -ryaml -e 'puts YAML.load_documents($stdin)' > public_key.crt
#
# 3. Generate a SHA1 hash of the data.tar.gz
#
# openssl dgst -sha1 < data.tar.gz > my.hash
#
# 4. Verify the signature
#
# openssl rsautl -verify -inkey public_key.crt -certin \
# -in data.tar.gz.sig > verified.hash
#
# 5. Compare your hash to the verified hash
#
# diff -s verified.hash my.hash
#
# 6. Repeat 5 and 6 with metadata.gz
#
# == OpenSSL Reference
#
# The .pem files generated by --build and --sign are PEM files. Here's a
# couple of useful OpenSSL commands for manipulating them:
#
# # convert a PEM format X509 certificate into DER format:
# # (note: Windows .cer files are X509 certificates in DER format)
# $ openssl x509 -in input.pem -outform der -out output.der
#
# # print out the certificate in a human-readable format:
# $ openssl x509 -in input.pem -noout -text
#
# And you can do the same thing with the private key file as well:
#
# # convert a PEM format RSA key into DER format:
# $ openssl rsa -in input_key.pem -outform der -out output_key.der
#
# # print out the key in a human readable format:
# $ openssl rsa -in input_key.pem -noout -text
#
# == Bugs/TODO
#
# * There's no way to define a system-wide trust list.
# * custom security policies (from a YAML file, etc)
# * Simple method to generate a signed certificate request
# * Support for OCSP, SCVP, CRLs, or some other form of cert status check
# (list is in order of preference)
# * Support for encrypted private keys
# * Some sort of semi-formal trust hierarchy (see long-winded explanation
# above)
# * Path discovery (for gem certificate chains that don't have a self-signed
# root) -- by the way, since we don't have this, THE ROOT OF THE CERTIFICATE
# CHAIN MUST BE SELF SIGNED if Policy#verify_root is true (and it is for the
# MediumSecurity and HighSecurity policies)
# * Better explanation of X509 naming (ie, we don't have to use email
# addresses)
# * Honor AIA field (see note about OCSP above)
# * Honor extension restrictions
# * Might be better to store the certificate chain as a PKCS#7 or PKCS#12
# file, instead of an array embedded in the metadata.
# * Flexible signature and key algorithms, not hard-coded to RSA and SHA1.
#
# == Original author
#
# Paul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org>
# http://pablotron.org/
module Gem::Security
##
# Gem::Security default exception type
class Exception < Gem::Exception; end
##
# Digest algorithm used to sign gems
DIGEST_ALGORITHM =
if defined?(OpenSSL::Digest) then
OpenSSL::Digest::SHA1
end
##
# Used internally to select the signing digest from all computed digests
DIGEST_NAME = # :nodoc:
if DIGEST_ALGORITHM then
DIGEST_ALGORITHM.new.name
end
##
# Algorithm for creating the key pair used to sign gems
KEY_ALGORITHM =
if defined?(OpenSSL::PKey) then
OpenSSL::PKey::RSA
end
##
# Length of keys created by KEY_ALGORITHM
KEY_LENGTH = 2048
##
# Cipher used to encrypt the key pair used to sign gems.
# Must be in the list returned by OpenSSL::Cipher.ciphers
KEY_CIPHER = OpenSSL::Cipher.new('AES-256-CBC') if defined?(OpenSSL::Cipher)
##
# One year in seconds
ONE_YEAR = 86400 * 365
##
# The default set of extensions are:
#
# * The certificate is not a certificate authority
# * The key for the certificate may be used for key and data encipherment
# and digital signatures
# * The certificate contains a subject key identifier
EXTENSIONS = {
'basicConstraints' => 'CA:FALSE',
'keyUsage' =>
'keyEncipherment,dataEncipherment,digitalSignature',
'subjectKeyIdentifier' => 'hash',
}
def self.alt_name_or_x509_entry certificate, x509_entry
alt_name = certificate.extensions.find do |extension|
extension.oid == "#{x509_entry}AltName"
end
return alt_name.value if alt_name
certificate.send x509_entry
end
##
# Creates an unsigned certificate for +subject+ and +key+. The lifetime of
# the key is from the current time to +age+ which defaults to one year.
#
# The +extensions+ restrict the key to the indicated uses.
def self.create_cert subject, key, age = ONE_YEAR, extensions = EXTENSIONS,
serial = 1
cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new
cert.public_key = key.public_key
cert.version = 2
cert.serial = serial
cert.not_before = Time.now
cert.not_after = Time.now + age
cert.subject = subject
ef = OpenSSL::X509::ExtensionFactory.new nil, cert
cert.extensions = extensions.map do |ext_name, value|
ef.create_extension ext_name, value
end
cert
end
##
# Creates a self-signed certificate with an issuer and subject from +email+,
# a subject alternative name of +email+ and the given +extensions+ for the
# +key+.
def self.create_cert_email email, key, age = ONE_YEAR, extensions = EXTENSIONS
subject = email_to_name email
extensions = extensions.merge "subjectAltName" => "email:#{email}"
create_cert_self_signed subject, key, age, extensions
end
##
# Creates a self-signed certificate with an issuer and subject of +subject+
# and the given +extensions+ for the +key+.
def self.create_cert_self_signed subject, key, age = ONE_YEAR,
extensions = EXTENSIONS, serial = 1
certificate = create_cert subject, key, age, extensions
sign certificate, key, certificate, age, extensions, serial
end
##
# Creates a new key pair of the specified +length+ and +algorithm+. The
# default is a 2048 bit RSA key.
def self.create_key length = KEY_LENGTH, algorithm = KEY_ALGORITHM
algorithm.new length
end
##
# Turns +email_address+ into an OpenSSL::X509::Name
def self.email_to_name email_address
email_address = email_address.gsub(/[^\w@.-]+/i, '_')
cn, dcs = email_address.split '@'
dcs = dcs.split '.'
name = "CN=#{cn}/#{dcs.map { |dc| "DC=#{dc}" }.join '/'}"
OpenSSL::X509::Name.parse name
end
##
# Signs +expired_certificate+ with +private_key+ if the keys match and the
# expired certificate was self-signed.
#--
# TODO increment serial
def self.re_sign expired_certificate, private_key, age = ONE_YEAR,
extensions = EXTENSIONS
raise Gem::Security::Exception,
"incorrect signing key for re-signing " +
"#{expired_certificate.subject}" unless
expired_certificate.public_key.to_pem == private_key.public_key.to_pem
unless expired_certificate.subject.to_s ==
expired_certificate.issuer.to_s then
subject = alt_name_or_x509_entry expired_certificate, :subject
issuer = alt_name_or_x509_entry expired_certificate, :issuer
raise Gem::Security::Exception,
"#{subject} is not self-signed, contact #{issuer} " +
"to obtain a valid certificate"
end
serial = expired_certificate.serial + 1
create_cert_self_signed(expired_certificate.subject, private_key, age,
extensions, serial)
end
##
# Resets the trust directory for verifying gems.
def self.reset
@trust_dir = nil
end
##
# Sign the public key from +certificate+ with the +signing_key+ and
# +signing_cert+, using the Gem::Security::DIGEST_ALGORITHM. Uses the
# default certificate validity range and extensions.
#
# Returns the newly signed certificate.
def self.sign certificate, signing_key, signing_cert,
age = ONE_YEAR, extensions = EXTENSIONS, serial = 1
signee_subject = certificate.subject
signee_key = certificate.public_key
alt_name = certificate.extensions.find do |extension|
extension.oid == 'subjectAltName'
end
extensions = extensions.merge 'subjectAltName' => alt_name.value if
alt_name
issuer_alt_name = signing_cert.extensions.find do |extension|
extension.oid == 'subjectAltName'
end
extensions = extensions.merge 'issuerAltName' => issuer_alt_name.value if
issuer_alt_name
signed = create_cert signee_subject, signee_key, age, extensions, serial
signed.issuer = signing_cert.subject
signed.sign signing_key, Gem::Security::DIGEST_ALGORITHM.new
end
##
# Returns a Gem::Security::TrustDir which wraps the directory where trusted
# certificates live.
def self.trust_dir
return @trust_dir if @trust_dir
dir = File.join Gem.user_home, '.gem', 'trust'
@trust_dir ||= Gem::Security::TrustDir.new dir
end
##
# Enumerates the trusted certificates via Gem::Security::TrustDir.
def self.trusted_certificates &block
trust_dir.each_certificate(&block)
end
##
# Writes +pemmable+, which must respond to +to_pem+ to +path+ with the given
# +permissions+. If passed +cipher+ and +passphrase+ those arguments will be
# passed to +to_pem+.
def self.write pemmable, path, permissions = 0600, passphrase = nil, cipher = KEY_CIPHER
path = File.expand_path path
open path, 'wb', permissions do |io|
if passphrase and cipher
io.write pemmable.to_pem cipher, passphrase
else
io.write pemmable.to_pem
end
end
path
end
reset
end
if defined?(OpenSSL::SSL) then
require 'rubygems/security/policy'
require 'rubygems/security/policies'
require 'rubygems/security/trust_dir'
end
require 'rubygems/security/signer'
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